This Oklahoma Town is Ranked as the Safest City in the State

This Oklahoma town was just named the safest city in the entire Sooner State for 2022. If you're looking for a place to live, or maybe visit you'd be hard-pressed to find a better place than this. Not only is it the safest, but it's also one of the friendliest cities or towns in Oklahoma and has been for the past several years now.

Congratulations to Elgin, OK. for being named Oklahoma's safest City in 2022. This makes the 4th time in a row that Elgin, OK. has been declared as the safest city in the state, that's quite an accomplishment.

The study from www.safewise.com lists the 20 safest city's in Oklahoma and Elgin once again is at the very top of the list! The study looks at crime statistics and other details to rank cities and towns across the state.

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The overall numbers show the violent crime rate as 4.6 per 1,000 and the property crime rate as 27.1 per 1,000. Not very good numbers or results but things are improving some for the Sooner State and we saw a slight decline in the crime rates last year. We're heading in the right direction and crime rates are improving.

There are places in Oklahoma that have far lower crime rates that are not only the lowest in the state but far below the National average as well. Elgin, OK. is one such place. Click here to see the full study done by www.safewise.com. It lists the top 20 safest towns and cities across the Sooner State. The study or report also includes all kinds of other details and valuable information about crime stats and other statistics.

Take an aerial tour of Elgin, OK. the safest city in Oklahoma for 4 years straight

Elgin is a great place, I go there quite often. Most recently for their annual Crawds N' Rods car show and crawfish boil. Elgin is also home to one of my all-time favorite pizza places Pizza Coral. It's a great place to visit, shop, and eat. If you've never been before, or if it's been a while you should definitely make the trip.

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