Oakes, ND crime & safety
Oakes's reported crime rate is well below North Dakota's. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2023.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Oakes compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Not graded yet
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Oakes's police department reported only 2023, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Oakes at a glance
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2023
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| Year | Oakes property | North Dakota property | Oakes violent | North Dakota violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 20.4 | 0 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 19.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
2023, by type
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Local public safety
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 1,800, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Mostly cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage here is higher than in 30% of U.S. communities. 1 flood insurance claim paid since 1997.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2023, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.