The Tulsa metro area, the 54th-largest in the US, is home to 1.04 million residents; Tulsa itself is the second-largest city in Oklahoma · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Tulsa area?
The Tulsa area earns an A- for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades A. The city of Tulsa itself grades B for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 828 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Tulsa area as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Tulsa area scores 828.
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 Tulsa, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Tulsa 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 Tulsa area
Burglaries run high for a metro area with an A for property crime. The Tulsa area has 4.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US metro area graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.9.
Car thefts happen at homes more often than nationally. In the Tulsa area, 52% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Tulsa area
Most of the Tulsa area grades well for property crime: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Tulsa area run from A+ to F.
82%13%
A or B 82%C 13%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Tulsa
1Minshall Park, Towne Centre & Lynn Lane, southeastBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Tulsa.B+761
2Kensington, Heller Park & Oral Roberts University Heights, southBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Tulsa.B+742
3Riverview Park, Downtown Tulsa & Charles Page, westThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Tulsa.B634
4South Peoria, Brookside & Tulsa Hills, southwestThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Tulsa.B633
5Mayo Meadow, University of Tulsa & Forest Hills, centralCar thefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Tulsa.B616
6McKinley Mitchell, McClure Park & Maxwell, northeastCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Tulsa.B-607
7Cooper, Columbus & Longview Lake Estates, eastCar thefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Tulsa.B-558
8Gilcrease Hills, Suburban Acres & Lacy Park, northwestActs of vandalism run at about double the rate in the rest of Tulsa.C+523
9Springdale, Sequoyah & Turner Park, northBurglaries run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Tulsa.C440
Neighborhood areas of the city of Tulsa, 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 Tulsa 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 Tulsa area?
Reported property crime in the Tulsa area has fallen 35% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 33 to 21 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Tulsa areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Tulsa area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Tulsa area
Property, US
2016
+11%
+15%
2017
+5%
+12%
2018
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
-8%
2021
-9%
-10%
2022
-19%
-6%
2023
-28%
-7%
2024
-35%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in the Tulsa area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Tulsa area has about 26 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% 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 Tulsa area, about 56% of the total, followed by burglary and vandalism.
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 Tulsa area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Tulsa area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Tulsa area, 61% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
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 the Tulsa area and nearby metro areas
The Tulsa area has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest metro areas; only the Des Moines area has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Tulsa 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 Tulsa area is safer than 61% of them.
Empty homes, density and night lighting in the Tulsa area
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets the Tulsa area apart: it has 8% 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.8.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 88% 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.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 85% 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.79% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 70% 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 Tulsa area
Property crime costs the Tulsa area about $196 million a year, or $189 per resident and about $494 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
$40 million
$39
Theft
$78 million
$75
Vehicle theft
$44 million
$42
Arson
$2.8 million
$3
Vandalism
$32 million
$30
Total
$196 million
$189
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 Tulsa 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.
