The invention relates to the technical field of tracers and provides an application of halohydrin as a water injection chemical tracer in an oil field. The application of halohydrin as the water injection chemical tracer in the oil field is disclosed for the first time. 4-chlorobenzyl alcohol, 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl alcohol and 2-bromoethanol have the characteristics of high sensitivity, low detection limit and good stability, 2-bromoethanol can cooperate with either of 4-chlorobenzyl alcohol and 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl alcohol for use, not only can oil reservoir distribution and oil layer motion condition be monitored, but also downhole residual oil saturation can be determined; meanwhile, compared with traditional alcohol tracers, 4-chlorobenzyl alcohol, 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl alcohol and 2-bromoethanol are resistant to bacterial and microbial erosion and are low in input and interference, greatly reduce the input and production cost and can be well applied as the water injection chemical tracer to tracing detection in the oil field.