Roseburg, OR carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 38% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Roseburg, OR shows violent crime at 217.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,766.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 38% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
217.4/100K violent
3766.4/100K property
-38% vs U.S.
The verdict
Roseburg earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 38% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-38%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
42nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,766.4
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Roseburg, OR
Comparable rate records
Roseburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oregon cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Roseburg's 217.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Redmond (217.5), Milton-Freewater (216.8), Umatilla (215.6), Tualatin (220.4). 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 335.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 217.4 in 2024 (-35.2%). The highest observed value was 428.6 in 2021 and the lowest 217.4 in 2024. 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 953 Part I offenses reported in Roseburg for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable Oregon cities — a gap of 6.0 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
Roseburg sits mid-pack among comparable Oregon cities
At 217.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Roseburg ranks 47 of 88 — above 41 of the 87 other Oregon cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -2.7% 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.
Property counts dominate Roseburg'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-34.1%
330 → 217.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-15.7%
4469.1 → 3766.4/100K
Property offenses lead Roseburg's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
901
3766.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
772
3227.2
-
Burglary
66
275.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
63
263.4
-
Arson
13
54.3
-
Violent Crime
52
217.4
352
Aggravated Assault
22
92
-
Robbery
16
66.9
-
Rape
13
54.3
-
Murder
1
4.2
-
Roseburg Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Roseburg property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,766.4/100K↓15.7%vs 2023
Roseburg violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
217.4/100K↓34.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
23,551
335.4
5936.1
1,477
2021
Comparable
23,564
428.6
5168.9
1,319
2022
Comparable
23,973
358.7
4851.3
1,249
2023
Comparable
23,942
330
4469.1
1,149
2024
Comparable
23,922
217.4
3766.4
953
How Roseburg sits among OR peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Roseburg Police Department NIBRS-participating
Roseburg's crime figures on this page originate from Roseburg 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 Roseburg in population. Their populations run from 20,144 to 27,219, against 23,922 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Oregon cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Roseburg's 217.4/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Roseburg has a violent crime rate of 217.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3766.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Roseburg, OR safe? ▼
Roseburg receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 48/100. The violent crime rate is 38% below the national average and 35% below the Oregon average.
What is the population of Roseburg, OR? ▼
The reporting population for Roseburg is 23,922 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Roseburg? ▼
In 2024, Roseburg reported 52 violent crimes and 901 property crimes, for a total of 953 reported offenses.
How do Roseburg's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Roseburg recorded about one reported offense per 25 residents and one reported violent offense per 460 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Roseburg? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Roseburg's violent crime rate decreased by 34.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.7%.
What is the most common crime in Roseburg? ▼
The most common crime type in Roseburg is larceny-theft, accounting for 81.0% of all reported crimes (772 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Roseburg 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 Roseburg, OR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.