Central Point, OR is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 51% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Central Point, OR shows violent crime at 171.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 974 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 51% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
171.9/100K violent
974/100K property
-51% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Central Point, OR
Comparable rate records
Central Point's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oregon cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Central Point's 171.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sweet Home (174.3), Bend (168.5), North Plains (178.7), North Bend (160.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 262.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 171.9 in 2024 (-34.6%). The highest observed value was 262.7 in 2020 and the lowest 113.9 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Central Point sits mid-pack among comparable Oregon cities
At 171.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Central Point ranks 59 of 88 — above 29 of the 87 other Oregon cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -23.1% against the cohort median of 223.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 15.0% of the 220 Part I offenses reported in Central Point for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable Oregon cities — a gap of 3.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Central Point's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Central Point's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4 Census sq mi, Central Point logged 46.3 property and 8.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Central Point's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 220 offenses; mix index 4,642).
Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-27.4%
1342.4 → 974/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+0.5%
171 → 171.9/100K
Property offenses lead Central Point's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OR
Property Crime
187
974
2409.8
Larceny-Theft
145
755.2
-
Burglary
27
140.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
15
78.1
-
Arson
1
5.2
-
Violent Crime
33
171.9
334.6
Aggravated Assault
19
99
-
Rape
11
57.3
-
Robbery
2
10.4
-
Murder
1
5.2
-
Central Point Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Central Point property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Central Point: 172 violent, 974 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Hermiston: 318 violent, 3225 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Sherwood: 131 violent, 1520 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Lebanon: 144 violent, 1052 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Dallas: 263 violent, 2082 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Canby: 213 violent, 901 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Ashland: 253 violent, 1766 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Pendleton: 409 violent, 2681 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Milwaukie: 193 violent, 1527 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Central Point Police Department
Reporting agency for Central Point NIBRS-participating
Central Point Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Central Point's 220 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Oregon
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Oregon cities closest to Central Point in population. Their populations run from 17,380 to 21,745, against 19,199 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Central Point reported 33 violent crimes and 187 property crimes, for a total of 220 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Central Point?
From 2023 to 2024, Central Point's violent crime rate increased by 0.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 27.4%.
What is the most common crime in Central Point?
The most common crime type in Central Point is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.9% of all reported crimes (145 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Central Point figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Central Point, OR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.