Tulsa, OK crime rate
In 2025 the Tulsa Police Department reported 833.6 violent crimes and 3,426.7 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Oklahoma and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2025: possibly incomplete. 9 reported; 6 of 12 months zero (May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 54 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Tulsa compare with Oklahoma and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Tulsa only.
What offenses were reported in Tulsa, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Oklahoma | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 3,464 | 833.6 | 407.7 | 327.6 | down 12.2% | down 25.4% |
| Murder | 26 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 | down 31.5% | down 57.4% |
| Rape | 474 | 114.1 | 59.5 | 36.1 | up 3.6% | up 15.6% |
| Robbery | 362 | 87.1 | 32.0 | 49.4 | down 12.0% | down 40.8% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,602 | 626.2 | 311.3 | 238.0 | down 14.3% | down 26.9% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 14,239 | 3,426.7 | 1,813.5 | 1,534.8 | down 6.5% | down 31.8% |
| Burglary | 2,596 | 624.7 | 365.3 | 193.6 | down 16.9% | down 38.2% |
| Larceny-theft | 9,975 | 2,400.6 | 1,253.3 | 1,144.1 | down 0.6% | down 18.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,659 | 399.3 | 194.9 | 197.0 | down 17.6% | down 62.2% |
| Arson | 9 | Not estimated | Not estimated | See data note | See data note | |
Reported = offenses known to the Tulsa Police Department and sent to the FBI. Oklahoma and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Tulsa | United States | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,117.6 | 387.0 | 438.0 |
| 2022 | 945.1 | 388.7 | 427.0 |
| 2023 | 924.8 | 379.5 | 418.2 |
| 2024 | 948.9 | 362.9 | 428.5 |
| 2025 | 833.6 | 327.6 | 407.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Tulsa | United States | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,027.8 | 1,832.3 | 2,628.5 |
| 2022 | 4,332.0 | 1,973.8 | 2,351.2 |
| 2023 | 3,973.9 | 1,934.1 | 2,159.2 |
| 2024 | 3,664.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,992.7 |
| 2025 | 3,426.7 | 1,534.8 | 1,813.5 |
Is Tulsa safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Tulsa Police Department reported, 833.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Oklahoma's 407.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 12.2% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Violent crimes reported to the FBI by Tulsa police numbered 3,464 in 2025, or 833.6 per 100,000 residents covered by the Tulsa Police Department. That rate was 2.0 times the FBI's estimate for Oklahoma, 407.7, and 2.5 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime came to 3,426.7 per 100,000, above the Oklahoma estimate of 1,813.5 and the US figure of 1,534.8.
Both totals have come down since 2021: violent crime by 25.4% from 1,117.6, property crime by 31.8% from 5,027.8. Between 2021 and 2025 the Oklahoma estimate went from 438.0 to 407.7 and the US rate from 387.0 to 327.6. Among violent offenses, murder fell the most from 2021 to 2025, 57.4%, to 6.3 per 100,000.
Rape went the other way, up 15.6% since 2021 to 114.1 per 100,000, which is 3.2 times the US rate. Aggravated assault made up 75% of violent crime in 2025, 2,602 of 3,464 offenses. Motor vehicle theft fell 62.2% from 2021, to 399.3 per 100,000, and burglary fell 38.2%.
The department sent all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has reported to NIBRS since 2021. Its 2025 arson count is flagged as possibly incomplete, because several months were sent as zero, so it is not compared here. The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, Tulsa Community College and the airport police report separately, so their cases are not in these numbers.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.61 per 1,000 residents (836 officers, 248 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Oklahoma cities
The nearest Oklahoma cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Tulsa Police Department (ORI OK0720500), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Oklahoma and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OK0720500_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tulsa Police Department (OK0720500): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_OK0720500__from-2021-to-2025.json)