Broken Arrow is a city of 154,400 in Tulsa County, about 13 miles southeast of downtown Tulsa · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Broken Arrow?
Violent crime in Broken Arrow runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Assaults make up 95% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 782 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Broken Arrow as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Broken Arrow scores 782.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Broken Arrow, OK at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Broken Arrow, 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 about violent crime in Broken Arrow
One part of Broken Arrow stands out for robbery. Robberies in Southbrook East, in northwest Broken Arrow, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Aggravated assaults run high for a city with an A for violent crime. Broken Arrow has 2.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 1.2.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Broken Arrow
Low violent crime is the norm across Broken Arrow: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Broken Arrow run from A+ to F.
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A or B 93%C 3%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Bentley Village & Cedar Ridge Club, southwestAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Broken Arrow.A870
2Indian Springs Park & Silvertree, southAggravated assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Broken Arrow.A-827
3Rockwood West, northClose to the rest of Broken Arrow on most crimes.A-807
4Sweetbriar East, Quail Run Estates & Woodland Hills, westClose to the rest of Broken Arrow on most crimes.A-783
5Downtown Broken Arrow, centralAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Broken Arrow.B+704
6Southbrook East, northwestAggravated assaults run at about triple the rate in the rest of Broken Arrow.C438
Neighborhood areas of Broken Arrow, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in Broken Arrow?
Reported violent crime in Broken Arrow has risen 75% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.2 to 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Broken ArrowUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Broken Arrow. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Broken Arrow
Violent, US
2016
+23%
+4%
2017
-0%
+4%
2018
+14%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+34%
+4%
2021
+23%
+6%
2022
+22%
+5%
2023
+66%
+2%
2024
+75%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Broken Arrow
CrimeGrade™ estimates Broken Arrow has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 24% less than Oklahoma.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Broken Arrow, about 95% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Broken Arrow, 71% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Aggravated assault
Homes (71%)
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.
Violent crime in Broken Arrow and nearby cities
Broken Arrow has more violent crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Stonebluff and Fair Oaks have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Broken Arrow. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Broken Arrow has more violent crime than 56% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Broken Arrow apart: it has 5% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery; here robbery sits near the national middle.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 73% 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 assault. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% 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 robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Broken Arrow: F (4 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 54% 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 violent crime costs Broken Arrow
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Broken Arrow about $153 million a year, or $989 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $35 million, or $226 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 77% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$8.8 million
$57
Rape
$3.7 million
$24
Robbery
$960,000
$6
Assault
$21 million
$138
Total
$35 million
$226
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
