Oklahoma’s Cities Growing With Crime Anxiety

Most places in Oklahoma are pretty quiet, like small towns usually are. In fact, most of Oklahoma is made up of small towns, outnumbering the handful of big cities here like Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

However, most of our state's populations do live in the big cities. Recently, folks in the largest cities have apparently felt more unsafe than before, according to a study from Vivint.

Believe it or not, there are still some places in Oklahoma where people still do things like leave the front door unlocked. We'll help you find the safest places in Oklahoma to live and list them below.

Despite low crime anxiety, fear is climbing quickly compared to other U.S. cities.

Surprisingly, Oklahoma's crime anxiety rankings are incredibly low compared to other popular cities across the country. The study ranks Oklahoma City as 192 and Tulsa as 188 on a list of 200 cities.

They based their ratings off of how often Oklahomans were searching for things like "crimes near me" and "is my area safe." They also rated each city's home security interest, including searches for doorbell ring cameras, home security cameras and more.

It's worth noting that, while Oklahoma's crime anxiety ratings are incredibly low, folks have been growing increasingly concerned recently. So much so that searches for crime issues in the OKC and Tulsa areas have risen over 12.4% year-after-year.

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That makes it the 9th steepest change in the country, showing that Oklahomans are getting more and more worried about crime in these areas.

Luckily, there are quite a few options outside of the OKC and Tulsa areas that are safer and likely more relaxing to live. Take a look at the list below.