Benchmarking Tulsa County, Oklahoma against all counties
Tulsa County, Oklahoma has the 9th-most violent crimes per 100,000 population (753.66) of the 379 Southwest counties. That 753.66 compares to an average of 280.51 and standard deviation of 182.9 across those 379 counties.
Reaching the average of 280.51 would imply a decrease of 3,058 violent crimes.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma has these related standings among those 379 peer counties:
Reaching the average of 280.51 would imply a decrease of 3,058 violent crimes.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma has these related standings among those 379 peer counties:
- violent crimes per 100,000 population = 753.66 (9th-most)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population = 16.30 (109th-fewest)
- homicides per 100,000 population = 7.270 (65th-most, tied)
- property crimes per 100,000 population = 4,273 (16th-most)
- first responders per 1,000 population = 0.620 (80th-fewest)
- population living close to emergency facilities = 44.31% (171st-most)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection = $397.24 (62nd-highest)
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Peers
better than Carter County, Oklahoma (990.87), Willacy County, Texas (902.32), Graham County, Arizona (895.0), and Kenedy County, Texas (856.03), and 4 others, ending with Bernalillo County, New Mexico (757.91).
exceeded Lubbock County, Texas (744.17), Duval County, Texas (737.6), Harris County, Texas (725.45), and Comanche County, Oklahoma (721.86), and others, ending with Cottle County, Texas (0.00).
2 out of the other 378 counties were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for violent crimes per 100,000 population, e.g., Crockett County, Texas.
exceeded Lubbock County, Texas (744.17), Duval County, Texas (737.6), Harris County, Texas (725.45), and Comanche County, Oklahoma (721.86), and others, ending with Cottle County, Texas (0.00).
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References
- in region. The 9 regions with their corresponding states or other geographic entities are: New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT), Mid Atlantic (DE DC MD NJ NY PA), Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI), Plains (IA KS MN MO NE ND SD), Southeast (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV), Southwest (AZ NM OK TX), Rocky Mountains (CO ID MT UT WY), Far West (AK CA HI NV OR WA), and Outlying Areas (VI PR GU AS MP).
- violent crimes per 100,000 population. Lower values are better. Violent crime includes murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, etc. Source is DOJ 2014. The population estimate is from the 2017 Census.