The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bethany, OK
Bethany is a city of 21,700 in Oklahoma County, about 7 miles west of downtown Oklahoma City · Updated November 2026
Is Bethany, OK safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Bethany has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bethany run from A- to C-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 704 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bethany as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bethany scores 704.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 in Bethany
One weak spot: burglary. It grades C in Bethany, worse than in the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live, against B+ for property crime as a whole.
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most B-graded cities. Bethany has 1.4 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 3.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Bethany
Low crime is the norm across Bethany: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Bethany run from A- to C-; every part of Bethany has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
93%
A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bethany, the west side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Bethany?
Reported crime in Bethany has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 45% and property crime down 57%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.9 to 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 36 to 16 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 17%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, Bethany
Violent, US
Property, Bethany
Property, US
2016
-17%
+4%
-2%
+15%
2017
-23%
+4%
-19%
+12%
2018
-32%
+0%
-16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
-18%
+6%
-24%
-10%
2022
-29%
+5%
-45%
-6%
2023
-39%
+2%
-48%
-7%
2024
-45%
-4%
-57%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bethany
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bethany has about 46 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% more than the US as a whole and close to Oklahoma.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Bethany, about 45% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 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)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Bethany compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Bethany, 6 have less crime. Piedmont and Mustang have the least.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Bethany
Two things 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 and assault. 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 and robbery.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 and robbery. 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 crime costs Bethany
Crime costs Bethany about $1,227 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $26 million a year, or $1,207 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.4 million
$64
Rape
$700,000
$33
Robbery
$270,000
$13
Assault
$3.9 million
$179
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
$10 million
$471
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Bethany means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Bethany, OK average a SchoolGrade of D+: 23% of students test proficient, against 21% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Bethany on SchoolGrade
