The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Astoria, OR
Astoria is a city of 14,700 in Clatsop County, about 40 miles west of downtown Longview · Updated November 2026
Is Astoria, OR safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Astoria is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Astoria sits near the middle: 54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Astoria run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 857 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Astoria as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Astoria scores 857.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Astoria, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Astoria, 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 in Astoria
Acts of vandalism run high for an A-graded city. Astoria has 9.1 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 3.0.
The safest and least safe parts of Astoria
Every part of Astoria where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Astoria run from A+ to B; 46% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Astoria, the southeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in Astoria
CrimeGrade™ estimates Astoria has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Oregon.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Astoria, about 32% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Astoria
Astoria has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Astoria, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 34% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (34%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (26%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Astoria compares with nearby cities
Astoria has less crime than 2 of its 3 nearest cities; only Miles Crossing has less.
Two things set Astoria apart: it has 19.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 52% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.19.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 96% of US city residents
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.52% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% 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 and assault. 71% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 59% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Astoria on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 crime costs Astoria
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Astoria about $895 a year per household, 26% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $17 million a year, or $1,175 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$840,000
$57
Rape
$560,000
$38
Robbery
$150,000
$10
Assault
$1.8 million
$124
Burglary
$400,000
$27
Theft
$740,000
$51
Vehicle theft
$240,000
$16
Arson
$140,000
$9
Vandalism
$950,000
$65
Total
$5.8 million
$396
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Astoria means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Astoria, OR average a SchoolGrade of C: 29% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Astoria on SchoolGrade
