The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Purcell, OK
Purcell is a city of 10,000 in McClain County, about 30 miles south of downtown Oklahoma City · Updated November 2026
Is Purcell, OK safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Purcell has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Purcell run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 904 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Purcell as a whole, and 32% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Purcell scores 904.
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 Purcell, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Purcell, 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 Purcell
One weak spot: simple assault. It grades B+ in Purcell, worse than in the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
The safest and least safe parts of Purcell
Every part of Purcell where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Purcell run from A+ to B+; 55% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Purcell, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Purcell?
Reported property crime in Purcell has fallen 41% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 35 to 21 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 35%.
Property crime, change since 2019
PurcellUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Purcell. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Purcell
Property, US
2016
+36%
+15%
2017
+39%
+12%
2018
+15%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
-8%
2021
-23%
-10%
2022
-25%
-6%
2023
-9%
-7%
2024
-41%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Purcell
CrimeGrade™ estimates Purcell has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 17% 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 Purcell, about 41% 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 Purcell
Purcell has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Purcell, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 54% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
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.
How Purcell compares with nearby cities
Purcell has more crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Cole and Washington have the least crime nearby.
Density, night lighting and walkability in Purcell
Two things set Purcell apart: it has 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 50% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. 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.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 94% 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.50% where people liveUS: 78%Lower 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of US city residents
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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 Purcell: F (1 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 77% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Purcell 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 Purcell
Crime costs Purcell about $985 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 18% 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 $9.7 million a year, or $972 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$460,000
$46
Rape
$210,000
$21
Robbery
$29,000
$3
Assault
$1.5 million
$145
Burglary
$320,000
$32
Theft
$620,000
$62
Vehicle theft
$230,000
$23
Arson
$36,000
$4
Vandalism
$220,000
$22
Total
$3.6 million
$357
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 Purcell 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 Purcell, OK average a SchoolGrade of C+: 25% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Purcell on SchoolGrade
