Oregon City, OR is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 34% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Oregon City, OR shows violent crime at 231.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,324.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 34% 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
231.1/100K violent
1324.8/100K property
-34% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Oregon City, OR
Comparable rate records
Oregon City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oregon cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Oregon City's 231.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Phoenix (227.1), McMinnville (226.5), Seaside (223.4), Prineville (240.7). 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 324.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 231.1 in 2024 (-28.8%). The highest observed value was 376.4 in 2022 and the lowest 230.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 14.9% of the 579 Part I offenses reported in Oregon City for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable Oregon cities — a gap of 3.5 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.
Position in the state cohort
Oregon City sits mid-pack among comparable Oregon cities
At 231.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Oregon City ranks 41 of 88 — above 47 of the 87 other Oregon cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +4.8% against the cohort median of 220.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Oregon City'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.
Oregon City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.1 Census sq mi, Oregon City logged 49 property and 8.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Oregon City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 579 offenses; mix index 5,075).
Violent offenses are only 15% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.1 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
-18.6%
1627.6 → 1324.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-4.7%
242.5 → 231.1/100K
Property offenses lead Oregon City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OR
Property Crime
493
1324.8
2409.8
Larceny-Theft
402
1080.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
48
129
-
Burglary
43
115.6
-
Arson
13
34.9
-
Violent Crime
86
231.1
334.6
Aggravated Assault
62
166.6
-
Rape
18
48.4
-
Robbery
6
16.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Oregon City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Oregon City 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
Oregon City: 231 violent, 1325 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Redmond: 218 violent, 2345 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Keizer: 146 violent, 1911 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Grants Pass: 404 violent, 2904 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Lake Oswego: 66 violent, 1100 property per 100,000 (grade A)
McMinnville: 227 violent, 1428 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Woodburn: 275 violent, 2893 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Tualatin: 220 violent, 2623 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Forest Grove: 337 violent, 1367 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Oregon City Police Department
Reporting agency for Oregon City NIBRS-participating
Oregon City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Oregon City's 579 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 Oregon City in population. Their populations run from 26,992 to 39,627, against 37,213 here. Or use our
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Oregon City at 231.1/100K violent and 1,324.8/100K property - matched below outside Oregon (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Oregon City reported 86 violent crimes and 493 property crimes, for a total of 579 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Oregon City?
From 2023 to 2024, Oregon City's violent crime rate decreased by 4.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 18.6%.
What is the most common crime in Oregon City?
The most common crime type in Oregon City is larceny-theft, accounting for 69.4% of all reported crimes (402 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Oregon City 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 Oregon City, OR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.