Thursday, March 13, 2014

Tulsa's shocking crime rate

By Mason Morgan

Tulsans are proud of the new innovations in the city, but Tulsa's crime rate is definitely something to be worried about.

The city’s crime rate is almost double the U.S. average every year with an especially high number of burglaries and assaults in the past decade, according to city-data.com. 

The number of burglaries in 2011 was 1,856 per 100,000 people while the U.S. average was 702. Tulsa had 645 assaults per 100,000 people, the figures show, while the U.S. average is 241.

To be fair, most other urban cities have a reasonably high crime rate as well, but Tulsa hass the highest among the Oklahoma cities—including Oklahoma City. 

For additional information about these crime statistics, check out the city-com data here.

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