The Oklahoma City metro area, the 42nd-largest in the US, is home to 1.46 million residents; Oklahoma City itself is the capital and largest city of Oklahoma · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Oklahoma City area?
Property crime in the Oklahoma City area sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 54% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades A. The city of Oklahoma City itself grades B- for property crime.
A-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 795 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Oklahoma City area as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Oklahoma City area scores 795.
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 Oklahoma City, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Oklahoma City area, 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 the Oklahoma City area
Burglary stands out among metro areas graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US metro area graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.9 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; the Oklahoma City area has 4.2.
One part of Oklahoma City stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Midtown, Epworth & Classen-ten-Penn, in central Oklahoma City, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In the Oklahoma City area, 47% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Oklahoma City area
Low property crime is the norm across the Oklahoma City area: 80% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Oklahoma City area run from A+ to F.
80%10%10%
A or B 80%C 10%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City
1Fox Run, Wileman 3 & Willow Creek-Oklahoma City, northwestBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Oklahoma City.B+739
2Mayridge, Winds West & John Glenn Two, southwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.B+720
3South Park Estates, North Highland & Chisholm Creek, northeastCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.B667
4Parkview, Shields-Davis & Cloverleaf, southeastCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.B635
5Britton, Camelot Estates & Woodland Park, northCar thefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.B-614
6West 10th, Musgrave-Pennington & Rockwood, westBurglaries run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.C+517
7Brandywine, Heronville & Southern Hills, southThefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.C+476
8Top of the Town, Culbertson East Highland & Shidler-Wheeler, eastBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.C413
9Midtown, Epworth & Classen-ten-Penn, centralBurglaries run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Oklahoma City.C-354
Neighborhood areas of the city of Oklahoma City, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Oklahoma City metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is property crime going up in the Oklahoma City area?
Reported property crime in the Oklahoma City area has fallen 29% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 31 to 22 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Oklahoma City areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Oklahoma City area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Oklahoma City area
Property, US
2016
+0%
+15%
2017
-6%
+12%
2018
-0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-5%
-8%
2021
-7%
-10%
2022
-18%
-6%
2023
-24%
-7%
2024
-29%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in the Oklahoma City area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Oklahoma City area has about 29 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% more than 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 the Oklahoma City area, about 54% 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.
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 the Oklahoma City area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Oklahoma City area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Oklahoma City area, 58% 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 (58%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in the Oklahoma City area and nearby metro areas
The Oklahoma City area has less property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest metro areas; only the Tulsa area and the Omaha area have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Oklahoma City area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Oklahoma City area is safer than 53% of them.
Empty homes, density and night lighting in the Oklahoma City area
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets the Oklahoma City area apart: it has 9% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less car theft; here car theft sits near the national middle.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.7.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 82% of Americans in metro areas
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.85% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 59% of Americans in metro areas
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 the Oklahoma City area
Property crime costs the Oklahoma City area about $298 million a year, or $204 per resident and about $540 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
$55 million
$38
Theft
$116 million
$79
Vehicle theft
$58 million
$39
Arson
$4.6 million
$3
Vandalism
$65 million
$45
Total
$298 million
$204
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. These figures cover the whole Oklahoma City metro area. 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.
