The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tulsa County, OK
Tulsa County, the second-most populous county in Oklahoma, is home to 680,800 residents and includes Tulsa and Broken Arrow · Updated November 2026
Is Tulsa County, OK safe?
Crime in Tulsa County is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Tulsa County. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tulsa County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 651 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tulsa County as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tulsa County scores 651.
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 Tulsa County, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tulsa County, 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 Tulsa County
Burglary is the exception. Tulsa County grades B+ for property crime, but burglary grades B-, worse than in the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live.
Aggravated assaults and reported rapes both run high. In Tulsa County, each runs at about double the US rate: 5.1 aggravated assaults and 0.78 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 0.38 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Tulsa County
In Tulsa County, 67% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 17% in areas graded C and 16% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Tulsa County run from A+ to F; 34% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
67%17%16%
A or B 67%C 17%D or F 16%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Tulsa County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Broken Arrow area has the least crime and the Skiatook area the most.
Is crime going up in Tulsa County?
Reported violent crime in Tulsa County peaked in 2020 and has fallen 15% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 34% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.9 to 6.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 41 to 27 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Tulsa CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Tulsa County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tulsa County
Violent, US
Property, Tulsa County
Property, US
2016
+12%
+4%
+11%
+15%
2017
+8%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
+8%
+0%
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+10%
+4%
-5%
-8%
2021
+7%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
-7%
+5%
-19%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
-27%
-7%
2024
-7%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tulsa County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tulsa County has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% more than the US as a whole and 32% 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 Tulsa County is assault, about 40% 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 Tulsa County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Tulsa County, 2022 to 2024.
In Tulsa County, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (65%)
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 Tulsa County compares with nearby counties
Tulsa County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Tulsa County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 90% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.55 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 81% of Americans
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. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of Americans
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.8.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 72% of Americans
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.95% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 66% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 61% of Americans
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 Tulsa County
Crime costs Tulsa County about $1,762 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 46% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $470 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $1.57 billion a year, or $2,309 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$81 million
$119
Rape
$32 million
$47
Robbery
$14 million
$20
Assault
$185 million
$271
Burglary
$32 million
$47
Theft
$65 million
$96
Vehicle theft
$36 million
$52
Arson
$1.9 million
$3
Vandalism
$24 million
$35
Total
$470 million
$691
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 Tulsa County 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 Tulsa County, OK average a SchoolGrade of C-: 24% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Tulsa County on SchoolGrade
