River West, Bend, OR Property Crime Rates and Maps
River West is a neighborhood of 11,100 residents in Bend, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in River West?
River West earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A. Bend as a whole grades A for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 792 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than River West as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. River West scores 792.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in River West, Bend, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in River West in Bend, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in River West
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Bend as a whole, 39% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How River West compares within Bend
Most of River West grades well for property crime: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across River West run from A to C+.
98%
A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
River West has less property crime than 2 of the 7 neighborhoods in Bend. It covers much of the River West area.
Is property crime going up in Bend?
Reported property crime in Bend as a whole has fallen 30% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 19 to 14 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Property crime, change since 2019
BendUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Bend. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Bend
Property, US
2016
+15%
+15%
2017
+8%
+12%
2018
+11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
-8%
2021
-17%
-10%
2022
-16%
-6%
2023
-17%
-7%
2024
-30%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in River West
CrimeGrade™ estimates River West has about 31 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% more than the US as a whole and 68% more than Bend as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in River West, about 60% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Bend
The Bend Police Department polices River West; these figures cover Bend as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Bend as a whole, 49% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 37% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (23%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in River West and nearby neighborhoods
River West has more property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Crooked River Ranch and Juniper Canyon have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from River West. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, River West is safer than 83% of them.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in River West
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set River West apart: it has 34.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 11% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft and car theft; here theft and car theft sit near the national middle.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.86% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.34.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 52% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C+ (41 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs River West
Property crime costs River West about $2.2 million a year, or $197 per resident and about $444 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. River West is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
