Canby is a city of 23,900 in Clackamas County, about 18 miles south of downtown Portland · Updated November 2026
Is Canby, OR safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Canby has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 63% 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 890 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Canby as a whole, and 37% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Canby scores 890.
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 Canby, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Canby, 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 Canby
Reported rape is the exception. Canby grades A for violent crime, but reported rape grades B+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live.
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Canby, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.1 car thefts and 0.97 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Canby
Every part of Canby where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Canby run from A+ to A-; 71% 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 Canby, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Canby?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Canby is down 28%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 9.2 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 56%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CanbyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Canby. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Canby
Violent, US
Property, Canby
Property, US
2016
-43%
+4%
-17%
+15%
2017
-20%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
+32%
+0%
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
+8%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
-14%
-10%
2022
-42%
+5%
-5%
-6%
2023
-36%
+2%
-30%
-7%
2024
-0%
-4%
-28%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Canby
CrimeGrade™ estimates Canby has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and 45% less than 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 Canby, about 34% of everything reported, but assault 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 Canby
Canby has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 65% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Homes (46%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Theft from cars
Homes (65%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Canby compares with nearby cities
Canby has less crime than 3 of its 6 nearest cities.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Canby
One thing sets Canby apart: it has 1.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 97% 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.77% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 73% 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% 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.2.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 72% of US city residents
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 Canby: D- (9 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 62% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 58% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Canby 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 Canby
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Canby about $689 a year per household, 43% 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 $18 million a year, or $747 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$670,000
$28
Rape
$680,000
$29
Robbery
$110,000
$5
Assault
$2.0 million
$82
Burglary
$210,000
$9
Theft
$970,000
$41
Vehicle theft
$390,000
$16
Arson
$79,000
$3
Vandalism
$930,000
$39
Total
$6.0 million
$251
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 Canby 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 Canby, OR average a SchoolGrade of C-: 30% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Canby on SchoolGrade
