Bethany is a city of 21,700 in Oklahoma County, about 7 miles west of downtown Oklahoma City · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Bethany?
Bethany earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Theft makes up 38% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C, and vehicle theft grades A.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 709 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Bethany as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bethany scores 709.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Bethany, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bethany, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Bethany
Burglary is the exception. Bethany grades B+ for property crime, but burglary grades C, worse than in the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Bethany
Most of Bethany grades well for property crime: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Bethany run from A- to C.
93%
A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Bethany?
Reported property crime in Bethany has fallen 57% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 36 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 17%.
Property crime, change since 2019
BethanyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bethany. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Bethany
Property, US
2016
-2%
+15%
2017
-19%
+12%
2018
-16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
-8%
2021
-24%
-10%
2022
-45%
-6%
2023
-48%
-7%
2024
-57%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Bethany
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bethany has about 24 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Oklahoma.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Bethany, about 38% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Bethany Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of vehicle theft; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Bethany
Bethany has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bethany, 59% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 50% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Bethany and nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Bethany, 6 have less property crime. Piedmont and Mustang have the least.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Bethany
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Bethany apart: it has 10.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 27 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bethany: F (6 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 59% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 57% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Bethany on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Bethany
Property crime costs Bethany about $3.9 million a year, or $182 per resident and about $475 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.2 million
$56
Theft
$1.0 million
$47
Vehicle theft
$600,000
$28
Arson
$110,000
$5
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$46
Total
$3.9 million
$182
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
