Photo: Nils Huenerfuerst · CC BY-SA 4.0Tulsa reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Tulsa’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #122 of 124 graded towns in Oklahoma, and #289 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OK” is every other Oklahoma city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Tulsa
6 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Oklahoma towns on Tulsa’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Bixby (B+), Jenks (B), Broken Arrow (B−), Sapulpa (C+), Catoosa (C), Sand Springs (C−). Turley and Oakhurst are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Tulsa’s police reported 27 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 8.2 per 100,000 residents a year, 1.6 times the rest of Oklahoma (5.2) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.5 times the rest of Oklahoma
95.1 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (360 reported in 2025), 2.5 times the rest of Oklahoma (37.5) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Tulsa reports less crime per resident than 11% (#289). Places like it ↓
A job center
Tulsa has 251,491 jobs based in town for 416,209 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Tulsa’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
For every 1,000 residents, about 34 property crimes reported
And about 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oklahoma.
Show as a table
| Year | Tulsa property | Rest of Oklahoma property | Tulsa violent | Rest of Oklahoma violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42.7 | 23.6 | 9.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 39.4 | 22.0 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | 36.3 | 20.6 | 9.4 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 34.1 | 18.6 | 8.2 | 4.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Homicides and robberies
Tulsa’s police reported 27 homicides, 360 robberies and 3,417 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Oklahoma and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Show as a table
| Year | Tulsa | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.9 | 5.4 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
Show as a table
| Year | Tulsa | Rest of Oklahoma | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 115 | 41.1 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 100.0 | 38.5 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 98.7 | 40.7 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 86.6 | 33.5 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
17,594 crimes reported in 2025
3,417 violent and 14,177 property, as reported to the FBI by Tulsa’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
313 people died in crashes on Tulsa’s roads in 2019–2023
Tulsa had 292 fatal crashes in five years, in which 313 people died; 91 were pedestrians and 10 were cyclists. 50 died in crashes on an Interstate.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Tulsa and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa | D− | 8.9 | 36.6 |
| Turley | — | — | — |
| Broken Arrow | B− | 2.1 | 12.1 |
| Jenks | B | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| Oakhurst | — | — | — |
| Sapulpa | C+ | 2.5 | 14.4 |
| Bixby | B+ | 1.2 | 7.2 |
| Sand Springs | C− | 2.1 | 27.8 |
| Catoosa | C | 2.8 | 16.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Turley and Oakhurst are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Oklahoma towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa | D− | 8.9 | 36.6 |
| Oklahoma City | D | 6.6 | 28.2 |
The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to Tulsa’s population (416,209), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Tulsa. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Tulsa’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (415,528 in 2025); our figure for Tulsa is 416,209 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Tulsa
Is Tulsa, OK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tulsa reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #122 of 124 in Oklahoma. Its police reported 8.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Tulsa?
8.9 violent and 36.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oklahoma reports 4.1 and 20.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Tulsa?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Tulsa in 2025?
Tulsa’s police reported 27 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Tulsa safer than Broken Arrow?
Broken Arrow reports less crime per resident than Tulsa: Broken Arrow grades B− for safety and Tulsa D−. Broken Arrow’s police reported 2.1 violent and 12.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Tulsa?
Tulsa’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tulsa”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.