Woodburn, OR is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 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.
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.
Woodburn's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.2 Census sq mi, Woodburn logged 140.7 property and 13.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Woodburn's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 955 offenses; mix index 5,657).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
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
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
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)
West Linn: 57 violent, 777 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Newberg-Dundee: 145 violent, 1011 property per 100,000 (grade A)
McMinnville: 227 violent, 1428 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Roseburg: 217 violent, 3766 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Oregon City: 231 violent, 1325 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Redmond: 218 violent, 2345 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Woodburn Police Department
Reporting agency for Woodburn NIBRS-participating
Woodburn Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Woodburn's 955 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 Woodburn in population. Their populations run from 23,922 to 38,159, against 30,138 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Woodburn reported 83 violent crimes and 872 property crimes, for a total of 955 reported offenses.
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.