Oil Center, NM Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	F
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	F

Which crimes are included?

$69,910

Cost of Crime™ for Oil Center, NM

In 2025, violent crime will cost $2,576 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Oil Center with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The F grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Oil Center against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Oil Center sits in the 6th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 6% of cities and behind 94%. The grade covers only Oil Center's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Oil Center is 8.380 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 106 in the southwest neighborhoods to 1 in 142 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of Oil Center, NM report the most violent crime, about 0 cases per year. The west part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Oil Center, NM

The tangible cost of violent crime in Oil Center is projected at $69,910 for 2025, about $842 per resident and $2,576 per household. That equals 2.5% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 36.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 50.9%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.4%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Oil Center Compared to Other Cities?

Oil Center, NM:	$842
Socorro, NM:	$802
Paradise Hills, NM:	$186
New Mexico:	$479
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $842 per resident each year in Oil Center, which is $584 more than the national average and $363 more than New Mexico's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Oil Center:

In Socorro, NM, crime costs $802 per person, which is $40 less than in Oil Center.
In Paradise Hills, NM, crime costs $186 per person, which is $656 less than in Oil Center

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Oil Center, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Oil Center	Cost per Oil Center Resident
Murder	$48,446	$584
Rape/Sexual Assault	$3,805	$46
Robbery	$2,594	$31
Assault	$15,065	$182
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$69,910	$842

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Oil Center, NM

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Oil Center totals $343,662 ($4,141 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $413,572 ($4,983 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Oil Center, NM, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Oil Center Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Oil Center residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	6.320
Robbery	0.9934
Rape	0.7560
Murder	0.3106
Total Violent Crime	8.380 (F)

Individual Oil Center Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Oil Center is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Oil Center.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Eunice, NM	D-	D-	D-
Frankel City, TX	F	D	F
Florey, TX	D-	D+	D-
Andrews, TX	D-	D-	D-
La Huerta, NM	D+	D+	C
Otis, NM	C+	C	B-
Carlsbad, NM	D+	D+	C-
Carlsbad North, NM	B+	B+	A-
West Carlsbad, NM	D+	C-	D+
Seven Rivers, NM	D	D	D-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Oil Center is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Cato, KS	B-	C+	C+
Cameron, PA	C	C-	C-
Canoochee, GA	D-	D	D
Caratunk, ME	B+	A	A
Carp, MN	C-	D+	D+
Carson Lake, AR	F	D-	D-
Carter, MS	B+	A+	A+
Casa Loma, CA	C	D+	D+
Cascadia, OR	D+	B	B
Cat Creek, MT	D-	F	F

Considering only the violent crime rate, Oil Center is less safe than the New Mexico state average and less safe than the national average.

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