CrimeMetric

Crime in Norman, Oklahoma

Major crime in Norman is 34% above the U.S. rate per resident: 20% lower for persons crimes and 46% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 1.2% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
134
34% above the U.S. rate
9% above the Oklahoma rate
up 1.2% in a year
Persons crimes
81
20% below the U.S. rate
38% below the Oklahoma rate
down 3.4% in a year
Property crimes
146
46% above the U.S. rate
20% above the Oklahoma rate
up 1.8% in a year
Social disorder
114
14% above the U.S. rate
8% below the Oklahoma rate
about flat in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting and rape / sexual assault stand out most, at about 1.6 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Norman for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Norman

The middle half of Norman residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 38 and 111; the typical (median) resident's is 71. The citywide figure (134) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Norman, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5034.5%
  • 50–10029.4%
  • 100–20023.0%
  • 200–40011.3%
  • 400+1.6%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm171
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am81
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm188
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am90
Trend and outlook

Major crime rose 1.2% in a year; across Oklahoma it fell 6.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime+1.2%OK -6.2%-13.6%OK -12.3%
Persons crimes-3.4%OK -2.9%-0.8%OK +0.3%
Property crimes+1.8%OK -6.9%-15.2%OK -15.2%
Social disorder-0.4%OK -4.8%-8.0%OK -5.4%

Change in expected crimes, with Oklahoma as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Norman against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents

90 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Norman; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:

Norman, OK131,997134
Abilene, TX135,029122
Columbia, MO133,154112
Clovis, CA132,75785
Goodyear, AZ129,82377
Pearland, TX135,12956

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Norman has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Noble (6 mi), is 59% below Norman's rate.

Del City15 mi248
Norman134
Purcell14 mi124
Moore8 mi97
Lexington15 mi77
Noble6 mi55
Newcastle10 mi46
Blanchard13 mi37

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Norman

What are the most common crimes in Norman?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 939 a year), shoplifting (about 666 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 537 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Norman's figures add up its 109 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Norman's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 44.2% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 131,997. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Norman, Oklahoma." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ok/norman

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100