CrimeMetric

Crime in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Major crime in Tulsa is 2.2 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.7 times for persons crimes and 2.1 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.5% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
224
2.2 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Oklahoma rate
down 9.5% in a year
Persons crimes
269
2.7 times the U.S. rate
2.1 times the Oklahoma rate
up 1.2% in a year
Property crimes
213
2.1 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Oklahoma rate
down 12.0% in a year
Social disorder
154
1.5 times the U.S. rate
24% above the Oklahoma rate
down 4.2% 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

Intimidation stands out most, at 4.0 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Persons crimes

Robbery268483
Murder17626

Property crimes

Burglary3122,144
Shoplifting2533,369

How crime varies across Tulsa

The middle half of Tulsa residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 125 and 256; the typical (median) resident's is 191.

Map of Tulsa, 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.
  • 0–505.3%
  • 50–10011.1%
  • 100–20038.9%
  • 200–40036.0%
  • 400+8.7%

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 6pm232
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am205
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm257
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am205
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 9.5% in a year; across Oklahoma it fell 6.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-9.5%OK -6.2%-13.2%OK -12.3%
Persons crimes+1.2%OK -2.9%-2.8%OK +0.3%
Property crimes-12.0%OK -6.9%-16.2%OK -15.2%
Social disorder-4.2%OK -4.8%-4.3%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

Tulsa against U.S. places with 250,000 to 500,000 residents

10 of the 53 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Tulsa; the middle of the group is 142. The 9 nearest in population:

Minneapolis, MN432,807361
Oakland, CA443,222361
Wichita, KS406,088274
Tulsa, OK419,432224
Long Beach, CA447,681178
Aurora, CO410,284166
Bakersfield, CA419,241165
Arlington, TX409,726120
Tampa, FL413,78566

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

Nearby places

Tulsa has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Jenks (8 mi), is 76% below Tulsa's rate.

Tulsa224
Turley10 mi154
Sand Springs11 mi114
Sapulpa13 mi84
Catoosa11 mi77
Glenpool11 mi71
Jenks8 mi53
Bixby10 mi35

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

Questions about crime in Tulsa

What are the most common crimes in Tulsa?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 3,476 a year), shoplifting (about 3,369 a year) and aggravated assault (about 2,561 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 4.0 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. Tulsa's figures add up its 340 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Tulsa has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 97.0% 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: 419,432. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100