Vale, OR Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in Vale

Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Vale residents.

 

Vale, OR Map of Property Crime Rates
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C

Overall Crime Grade™

C-
Property Crime Grade
C-
Other Crime Grade
B-

$514,778

Cost of Crime™ for Vale, OR

In 2025, property crime will cost $328 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Vale with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The C- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Vale against the average US city, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. Vale sits in the 33rd percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 33% of cities and behind 67%. The grade covers only Vale's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Vale is 16.32 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the central part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 51 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 85 in the central.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the south parts of Vale, OR report the most property crime, about 19 cases per year. The west part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Vale, OR

Property crime in Vale is projected to cost $514,778 in 2025, about $120 per resident and $328 per household. That equals 0.4% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 63.9%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 30.3%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.8%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Vale Compared to Other Cities?

Vale, OR: $120
Astoria, OR: $415
Bethany, OR: $80
Oregon: $220
USA: $136

Property crime costs $120 per resident each year in Vale, which is $16 less than the national average and $100 less than Oregon's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Vale:
  • In Astoria, OR, crime costs $415 per person, which is $295 more than in Vale.
  • In Bethany, OR, crime costs $80 per person, which is $41 less than in Vale

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Vale, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Vale
Cost per Vale Resident
Vehicle Theft
$146,736
$34
Burglary
$87,015
$20
Theft
$257,577
$60
Arson
$23,450
$5
Total Cost of Property Crime
$514,778
$120

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Vale, OR. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the east part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Vale Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Vale residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
11.63
Vehicle Theft
2.216
Burglary
2.244
Arson
0.2271
Total Property Crime
16.32 (C-)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Vale is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Vale.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C-
D+
C-
D
D+
D-
D-
D+
D-
D-
F
D-
B-
B
B-
D
D
D-
C-
C-
C+
C
D
C+
D
D
D
D
F
C-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Vale is higher versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
B-
B+
B+
D-
D
D
B+
B-
B-
B-
B+
B+
C-
D+
D+
B+
A-
A-
B
B
B
A-
A
A
D+
C
C
F
F
F

Considering only the property crime rate, Vale is safer than the Oregon state average and safer than the national average.

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