Woodburn, OR carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 22% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Woodburn, OR shows violent crime at 275.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,893.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 22% 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
275.4/100K violent
2893.4/100K property
-22% vs U.S.
The verdict
Woodburn earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 22% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-22%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
33rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,893.4
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Woodburn, OR
Comparable rate records
Woodburn's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oregon cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Woodburn's 275.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are St. Helens (273.7), Cottage Grove (272.9), Boardman (271.4), Independence (280.5). 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
Woodburn sits mid-pack among comparable Oregon cities
At 275.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Woodburn ranks 29 of 88 — above 59 of the 87 other Oregon cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +24.9% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 343.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 275.4 in 2024 (-19.7%). The highest observed value was 458.6 in 2021 and the lowest 275.4 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Woodburn'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
-18.9%
339.5 → 275.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
+9%
2655.5 → 2893.4/100K
Property offenses lead Woodburn's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
872
2893.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
704
2335.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
126
418.1
-
Burglary
42
139.4
-
Arson
5
16.6
-
Violent Crime
83
275.4
352
Aggravated Assault
44
146
-
Rape
20
66.4
-
Robbery
19
63
-
Murder
0
0
-
Woodburn Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Woodburn property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,893.4/100K↑9%vs 2023
Woodburn violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
275.4/100K↓18.9%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
26,521
343.1
3333.2
975
2021
Comparable
26,386
458.6
3043.3
924
2022
Comparable
26,117
398.2
3637.5
1,054
2023
Comparable
27,980
339.5
2655.5
838
2024
Comparable
30,138
275.4
2893.4
955
How Woodburn sits among OR peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Woodburn Police Department NIBRS-participating
Woodburn's crime figures on this page originate from Woodburn 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 Woodburn in population. Their populations run from 23,922 to 38,159, against 30,138 here. Or use our
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These Oregon cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Woodburn's 275.4/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Woodburn has a violent crime rate of 275.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2893.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Woodburn, OR safe? ▼
Woodburn receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 47/100. The violent crime rate is 22% below the national average and 18% below the Oregon average.
What is the population of Woodburn, OR? ▼
The reporting population for Woodburn is 30,138 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Woodburn? ▼
In 2024, Woodburn reported 83 violent crimes and 872 property crimes, for a total of 955 reported offenses.
How do Woodburn's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Woodburn recorded about one reported offense per 32 residents and one reported violent offense per 363 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Woodburn? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Woodburn's violent crime rate decreased by 18.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 9%.
What is the most common crime in Woodburn? ▼
The most common crime type in Woodburn is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.7% of all reported crimes (704 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Woodburn 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 Woodburn, OR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.