State crime profile · 2024

Oregon Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 88 cities and 28 of 36 counties in Oregon (OR), ranked safest to most dangerous from 240 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

334.6
Violent / 100K
2,409.8
Property / 100K
88
Cities
28
Counties

Oregon violent crime is 334.6 per 100,000, 5% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Oregon records 334.6 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 5% below the national average (about the 28th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 334.6 violent crimes per 100K
  • -5% vs. the U.S. average
  • 28th safest of 51 states & DC
  • 2,409.8 property crimes per 100K

How safe is Oregon? FBI UCR data snapshot

Oregon (OR) reported 14,296 violent crimes and 102,957 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 240 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 334.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2409.8 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 4,272,371. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 88 Oregon cities and 28 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Oregon below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 235.1 to 334.6 per 100,000, a rise of 42.3%. City-level detail pages within Oregon include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Oregon ranks nationally

Oregon vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

335 45th percentile among 51 U.S. states

OR 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 4,272,371 14,296 334.6 102,957 2409.8
2023 4,233,358 14,171 334.7 111,242 2627.7
2022 4,240,137 14,869 350.7 125,790 2966.6
2021 4,246,155 14,601 343.9 115,216 2713.4
2020 4,241,507 12,593 296.9 113,359 2672.6
2019 4,217,737 12,262 290.7 116,600 2764.5
2018 4,190,713 12,151 290 121,650 2902.8
2017 4,142,776 11,606 280.2 122,054 2946.2
2016 4,093,465 10,594 258.8 119,152 2910.8
2015 4,028,977 6,355 157.7 76,199 1891.3
2014 3,970,239 9,335 235.1 117,068 2948.6

Cities in Oregon

Safest cities in Oregon

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows West Linn is the safest sizeable city in Oregon, at 56.9 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Oregon

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Portland reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Oregon, at 720.1 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Portland is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 23 Oregon cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.

Oregon's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Oregon's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 59 778 Violent crime per 100K → 990 5,968 Property crime per 100K → Portland Eugene Salem Gresham SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Oregon's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Portland: 720 violent, 5526 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Eugene: 318 violent, 3256 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Salem: 532 violent, 2803 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Gresham: 410 violent, 2427 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Hillsboro: 318 violent, 2429 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Bend: 169 violent, 1362 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Beaverton: 365 violent, 2661 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Medford: 492 violent, 3832 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Corvallis: 184 violent, 2512 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Springfield: 306 violent, 2791 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Albany: 196 violent, 1831 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Tigard: 317 violent, 3463 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Lake Oswego: 66 violent, 1100 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Grants Pass: 404 violent, 2904 property per 100,000 (grade D)
F

Oregon safety livability score: 30/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    334.6/100K · D (45th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    2409.8/100K · F (10th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Portland 623,066
720.1
F
Eugene 178,057
317.9
C
Salem 177,936
532.2
F
Gresham 109,452
410.2
D
Hillsboro 107,978
317.7
C
Bend 106,241
168.5
B
Beaverton 96,762
364.8
C
Medford 84,766
491.9
F
Corvallis 61,474
183.8
B
Springfield 60,830
305.8
C
Albany 57,179
195.9
B
Tigard 55,784
317.3
D
Lake Oswego 39,627
65.6
A
Grants Pass 39,113
404
D
Keizer 38,310
146.2
B
Redmond 38,159
217.5
C
Oregon City 37,213
231.1
B
McMinnville 34,443
226.5
B
Woodburn 30,138
275.4
C
Tualatin 27,219
220.4
C
Forest Grove 26,992
337.1
C
West Linn 26,382
56.9
A
Newberg-Dundee 26,302
144.5
A
Roseburg 23,922
217.4
C
Klamath Falls 21,911
483.8
D
Milwaukie 21,745
193.1
B
Ashland 20,949
253
C
Lebanon 20,144
144
A
Sherwood 19,804
131.3
B
Hermiston 19,504
317.9
C
Central Point 19,199
171.9
B
Dallas 17,869
263
C
Canby 17,861
212.8
B
Pendleton 17,380
408.5
D
Cornelius 15,792
322.9
C
The Dalles 15,712
369.1
C
Coos Bay 15,469
627.1
F
St. Helens 14,616
273.7
B
Sandy 13,042
61.3
A
La Grande 12,963
254.6
C
Prineville 12,047
240.7
B
Gladstone 11,810
194.8
B
Monmouth 11,311
132.6
A
Cottage Grove 10,627
272.9
C
Newport 10,553
246.4
C
Independence 10,337
280.5
B
Sweet Home 10,325
174.3
C
Lincoln City 10,061
497
D
Molalla 10,057
129.3
A
North Bend 9,970
160.5
C
Astoria 9,918
322.6
C
Eagle Point 9,869
202.7
B
Florence 9,468
84.5
B
Sutherlin 8,692
299.1
C
Hood River 8,340
131.9
B
Stayton 8,222
291.9
C
Umatilla 7,884
215.6
B
Madras 7,830
434.2
D
Seaside 7,161
223.4
C
Milton-Freewater 6,920
216.8
B
Brookings 6,643
135.5
A
Talent 6,339
268.2
B
Warrenton 6,245
384.3
D
Philomath 5,846
85.5
A
Winston 5,692
87.8
A
Tillamook 5,187
366.3
C
King City 4,901
40.8
A
Boardman 4,421
271.4
B
Phoenix 4,404
227.1
C
Reedsport 4,321
324
C
Coquille 3,982
125.6
A
Myrtle Creek 3,509
256.5
C
North Plains 3,357
178.7
B
Hubbard 3,351
89.5
A
Oakridge 3,126
159.9
A
Jacksonville 2,911
103.1
A
Gervais 2,531
316.1
B
Rogue River 2,339
213.8
C
Carlton 2,226
89.8
A
Sunriver 2,024
148.2
B
Columbia City 1,941
0
A+
Rainier 1,932
103.5
B
Banks 1,796
111.4
A
Cannon Beach 1,504
266
C
Pilot Rock 1,297
308.4
B
Yamhill 1,154
86.7
A
Gaston 664
150.6
A
Manzanita 653
0
A+

Counties in Oregon

28 of 36 Census county-equivalents (77.8%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Oregon, violent crime per 100K

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Baker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Crook
Deschutes
Douglas
Gilliam
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson
Josephine
Klamath
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wasco
Washington
Yamhill

Nationwide peers for Oregon

Similar violent rate (~334.6/100K)

Similar property rate (~2,409.8/100K)

Nearby States

Ohio
OH
Oklahoma
OK
Pennsylvania
PA
Rhode Island
RI
South Carolina
SC

Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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