The Dalles is a city of 19,400 in Wasco County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in The Dalles?
Property crime in The Dalles sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 812 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than The Dalles as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Dalles scores 812.
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 The Dalles, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in The Dalles, 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 The Dalles
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Property crime in The Dalles runs 37% above the US rate, but car thefts run 28% below it: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In The Dalles, 57% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in The Dalles
Every part of The Dalles where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across The Dalles run from A+ to B-.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in The Dalles?
Reported property crime in The Dalles has fallen 20% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 32 to 26 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Property crime, change since 2019
The DallesUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves The Dalles. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, The Dalles
Property, US
2016
+1%
+15%
2017
-14%
+12%
2018
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+17%
-8%
2021
+19%
-10%
2022
+21%
-6%
2023
+3%
-7%
2024
-20%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in The Dalles
CrimeGrade™ estimates The Dalles has about 33 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% more than the US as a whole and close to Oregon.
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 The Dalles, about 56% 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 The Dalles
The Dalles has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In The Dalles, 39% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 65% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (65%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (30%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in The Dalles and nearby cities
The Dalles has the most property crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from The Dalles. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, The Dalles has more property crime than 59% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set The Dalles apart: it has 4.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 15.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% of US city residents
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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of US city residents
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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.75% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 63% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for The Dalles: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 59% of US city residents
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 The Dalles
Property crime costs The Dalles about $4.3 million a year, or $224 per resident and about $569 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$460,000
$24
Theft
$1.8 million
$94
Vehicle theft
$580,000
$30
Arson
$220,000
$11
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$66
Total
$4.3 million
$224
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.
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.
