Bixby is a city of 34,500 in Tulsa County, about 13 miles southeast of downtown Tulsa · Updated November 2026
Is Bixby, OK safe?
Yes, crime in Bixby is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Bixby sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bixby run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 870 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bixby as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bixby scores 870.
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 Bixby, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bixby, 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 Bixby
Car thefts happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Bixby, 57% of reported car thefts happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Theft runs low. Bixby has 6.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Bixby
Most of Bixby grades well: 94% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Bixby run from A+ to F; 86% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
94%
A or B 94%C 3%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bixby, the southwest side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Bixby?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Bixby is up 33% and property crime is down 52%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.2 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 7.0 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 34% and property crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BixbyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bixby. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bixby
Violent, US
Property, Bixby
Property, US
2016
-17%
+4%
+6%
+15%
2017
+14%
+4%
+36%
+12%
2018
+14%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-35%
+4%
-1%
-8%
2021
-1%
+6%
-5%
-10%
2022
-9%
+5%
-24%
-6%
2023
-1%
+2%
-38%
-7%
2024
+33%
-4%
-52%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bixby
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bixby has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and 45% less than 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 Bixby, about 47% 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.
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 Bixby
Bixby has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bixby, 20% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at other places: 60% of them, against 7% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Other places (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Other places (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Other places (60%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Other places (63%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Other places (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 Bixby compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Bixby, 5 have less crime. Stonebluff and Liberty have the least.
Two things set Bixby apart: it has 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 81% 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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 74% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 71% 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.4.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 64% of US city residents
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.87% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 64% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Bixby 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 Bixby
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bixby about $738 a year per household, 39% less than 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 $27 million a year, or $776 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$30
Rape
$640,000
$18
Robbery
$150,000
$4
Assault
$4.1 million
$120
Burglary
$660,000
$19
Theft
$1.1 million
$33
Vehicle theft
$590,000
$17
Arson
$40,000
$1
Vandalism
$580,000
$17
Total
$9.0 million
$260
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 Bixby 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. Bixby is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Bixby, OK average a SchoolGrade of D+: 22% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Bixby on SchoolGrade
