Hood River, OR carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 63% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hood River, OR shows violent crime at 131.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,266.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 63% 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
131.9/100K violent
2266.2/100K property
-63% vs U.S.
The verdict
Hood River earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 63% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-63%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
62nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,266.2
property crimes per 100K
Based on 11 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,340. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hood River, OR
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Hood River reported 11 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,340. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Hood River's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oregon cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hood River's 131.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sherwood (131.3), Monmouth (132.6), Molalla (129.3), Brookings (135.5). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Hood River reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Oregon cities
At 131.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hood River ranks 70 of 88 — above 18 of the 87 other Oregon cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -41.0% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 165.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 131.9 in 2024 (-20.2%). The highest observed value was 165.3 in 2020 and the lowest 83.4 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 5.5% of the 200 Part I offenses reported in Hood River for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable Oregon cities — a gap of 5.9 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 91.0% of reported property offenses in Hood River, against a cohort median of 81.5%. The remainder is burglary (8) and motor vehicle theft (9). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Hood River'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.
Based on 11 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,340. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-35%
3488.2 → 2266.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+0.4%
131.4 → 131.9/100K
Property offenses lead Hood River's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
189
2266.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
172
2062.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
9
107.9
-
Burglary
8
95.9
-
Arson
1
12
-
Violent Crime
11
131.9
352
Aggravated Assault
7
83.9
-
Rape
2
24
-
Robbery
2
24
-
Murder
0
0
-
Hood River Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Hood River property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,266.2/100K↓35%vs 2023
Hood River violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
131.9/100K↑0.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
7,863
165.3
3561
293
2021
Comparable
7,848
127.4
4052
328
2022
Comparable
8,396
83.4
3930.4
337
2023
Comparable
8,371
131.4
3488.2
303
2024
Comparable
8,340
131.9
2266.2
200
How Hood River sits among OR peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Hood River Police Department NIBRS-participating
Hood River's crime figures on this page originate from Hood River Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Hood River in population. Their populations run from 6,920 to 9,869, against 8,340 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Oregon cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Hood River's 131.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Hood River has a violent crime rate of 131.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2266.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Hood River, OR safe? ▼
Hood River receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 67/100. The violent crime rate is 63% below the national average and 61% below the Oregon average.
What is the population of Hood River, OR? ▼
The reporting population for Hood River is 8,340 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Hood River? ▼
In 2024, Hood River reported 11 violent crimes and 189 property crimes, for a total of 200 reported offenses.
How do Hood River's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Hood River recorded about one reported offense per 42 residents and one reported violent offense per 758 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hood River? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Hood River's violent crime rate increased by 0.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 35%.
What is the most common crime in Hood River? ▼
The most common crime type in Hood River is larceny-theft, accounting for 86.0% of all reported crimes (172 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Hood River is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Hood River, OR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.