The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Corvallis, OR
Corvallis is the ninth-largest city in Oregon, with 68,300 residents in Benton County · Updated November 2026
Is Corvallis, OR safe?
Yes, crime in Corvallis is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Corvallis sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Corvallis run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 821 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Corvallis as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Corvallis scores 821.
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 Corvallis, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Corvallis, 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 Corvallis
One part of Corvallis stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Chintimini, North College Hill & Job's Addition, in central Corvallis, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Corvallis has 19.6.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Corvallis
Every part of Corvallis where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Corvallis run from A+ to B-; 40% 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.
1Brooklane & West Hills, southwestBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Corvallis.A905
2College Hill, westClose to the rest of Corvallis on most crimes.A-833
3South Corvallis Neighbors & Willamette Landing Owners, southeastClose to the rest of Corvallis on most crimes.A-800
4Avery Addition, southBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Corvallis.A-773
5Chintimini, North College Hill & Job's Addition, centralBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Corvallis.B+721
Neighborhood areas of Corvallis, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Corvallis?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Corvallis is up 31% and property crime is down 19%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 31 to 25 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CorvallisUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Corvallis. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Corvallis
Violent, US
Property, Corvallis
Property, US
2016
-5%
+4%
-12%
+15%
2017
+3%
+4%
-17%
+12%
2018
+18%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+42%
+4%
+13%
-8%
2021
+70%
+6%
+26%
-10%
2022
+49%
+5%
+18%
-6%
2023
+38%
+2%
-6%
-7%
2024
+30%
-4%
-19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Corvallis
CrimeGrade™ estimates Corvallis has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% more than 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Corvallis is theft, about 47% of the total. It also makes up 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 Corvallis
Corvallis has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Corvallis, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 40% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (49%)
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 Corvallis compares with nearby cities
Corvallis has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Walkability, night lighting and density in Corvallis
Two things set Corvallis apart: it has 35% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 5 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft; here robbery and car theft sit near the national middle.
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. 63% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 77% 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.76% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 74% 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.35% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
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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 Corvallis: D (16 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 71% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.45 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 54% 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.5.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 53% of US city residents
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 Corvallis
Crime costs Corvallis about $911 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 24% 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 $55 million a year, or $809 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.0 million
$30
Rape
$1.5 million
$22
Robbery
$640,000
$9
Assault
$5.8 million
$85
Burglary
$1.7 million
$25
Theft
$6.9 million
$101
Vehicle theft
$1.0 million
$15
Arson
$830,000
$12
Vandalism
$4.3 million
$63
Total
$25 million
$363
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 Corvallis 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 Corvallis, OR average a SchoolGrade of A-: 43% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Corvallis on SchoolGrade
