Camas is a city of 37,900 in Clark County, about 14 miles northeast of downtown Portland · Updated November 2026
Is Camas, WA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Camas: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Camas run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 909 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Camas as a whole, and 30% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Camas scores 909.
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 Camas, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Camas, 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 Camas
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Camas, 54% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Car thefts and simple assaults both run low. In Camas, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.1 car thefts and 4.2 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Camas
Every part of Camas where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Camas run from A+ to B+; 93% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Camas, the northeast side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Camas?
Reported property crime in Camas has fallen 19% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 9.2 to 7.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 31%.
Property crime, change since 2019
CamasUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Camas. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Camas
Property, US
2016
+49%
+15%
2017
+75%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+23%
-8%
2021
+43%
-10%
2022
+26%
-6%
2023
+16%
-7%
2024
-19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Camas
CrimeGrade™ estimates Camas has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 48% less than the US as a whole and 58% less than Washington.
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 makes up about 39% of crime reported in Camas. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Camas
Camas has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Camas, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
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.
How Camas compares with nearby cities
Camas has the least crime of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Camas apart: it has 6.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 86% 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.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 77% 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% 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.87% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 65% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 63% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Camas 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 Camas
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Camas about $539 a year per household, 55% 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 $438 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$730,000
$19
Rape
$580,000
$15
Robbery
$170,000
$4
Assault
$1.7 million
$44
Burglary
$420,000
$11
Theft
$1.5 million
$39
Vehicle theft
$640,000
$17
Arson
$40,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$29
Total
$6.8 million
$181
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 Camas 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. Camas is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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 Camas, WA average a SchoolGrade of A: 58% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Camas on SchoolGrade
