The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Del City, OK
Del City is a city of 21,500 in Oklahoma County, about 5 miles southeast of downtown Oklahoma City · Updated November 2026
Is Del City, OK safe?
Crime in Del City is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Del City. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Del City run from B+ to C-, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 613 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Del City as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Del City scores 613.
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 Del City, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Del City, 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 Del City
Thefts run high. Del City has thefts at about double the US rate: 25.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Del City
Most of Del City grades well: 73% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Del City run from B+ to C-; every part of Del City has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
73%27%
A or B 73%C 27%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Del City, the northeast side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Del City?
Reported crime in Del City has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 99% and property crime up 45%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 8.8 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 44 to 64 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 10%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Del CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Del City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Del City
Violent, US
Property, Del City
Property, US
2016
-25%
+4%
+10%
+15%
2017
-12%
+4%
-7%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+14%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
+16%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
+147%
+5%
+54%
-6%
2023
+80%
+2%
+60%
-7%
2024
+99%
-4%
+45%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Del City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Del City has about 52 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% more than the US as a whole and 22% more 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Del City is theft, about 49% of the total. It also makes up 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 Del City
Del City has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Del City, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism, aggravated assault.
How Del City compares with nearby cities
Del City has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Choctaw and Nichols Hills have the least crime nearby.
One thing sets Del City apart: it has 20 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run higher here than that would suggest.
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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 87% 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 59% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 79% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 77% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
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 Del City
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Del City about $1,471 a year per household, 22% more 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 $44 million a year, or $2,061 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.8 million
$129
Rape
$580,000
$27
Robbery
$360,000
$17
Aggravated assault
$2.6 million
$118
Simple assault
$1.4 million
$67
Burglary
$550,000
$26
Theft
$2.8 million
$129
Vehicle theft
$970,000
$45
Arson
$84,000
$4
Vandalism
$930,000
$43
Total
$13 million
$605
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 Del City 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 Del City, OK average a SchoolGrade of F: 9% of students test proficient, against 15% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Del City on SchoolGrade
