The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Baker County, OR
Baker County is home to 16,800 residents and includes Baker City and Huntington · Updated November 2026
Is Baker County, OR safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Baker County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 969 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
93% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Baker County as a whole, and 7% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Baker County scores 969.
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 Baker County, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Baker County, 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 Baker County
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Baker County, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.4 car thefts and 1.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Baker County
Every part of Baker County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Baker County run from A+ to A-; every part of Baker County has 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.
Across the county, the northeast side has the least crime and the Baker City area the most.
Crime rates and types in Baker County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Baker County has about 38 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Baker County, about 58% of everything reported.
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 Baker County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Baker County, 2022 to 2024.
In Baker County, 64% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 55% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (64%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (31%)
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 Baker County compares with nearby counties
Baker County has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest counties.
Two things set Baker County apart: it has 15.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% 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.15.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% of Americans
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. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.32 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 83% of Americans
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.50% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 83% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Baker County: F (0 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 62% of Americans
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 Baker County
Crime costs Baker County about $1,054 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 13% 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 $27 million a year, or $1,615 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.4 million
$144
Rape
$440,000
$26
Robbery
$91,000
$5
Assault
$1.5 million
$89
Burglary
$390,000
$23
Theft
$1.9 million
$115
Vehicle theft
$350,000
$21
Arson
$210,000
$12
Vandalism
$270,000
$16
Total
$7.6 million
$451
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 Baker County 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. Baker County 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.
Schools in Baker County, OR average a SchoolGrade of C+: 35% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Baker County on SchoolGrade
