Crest Drive is a neighborhood of 7,790 residents in Eugene · Updated November 2026
Is Crest Drive in Eugene safe?
Yes, crime in Crest Drive is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Crest Drive sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 49% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Eugene as a whole grades B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 835 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Crest Drive as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Crest Drive scores 835.
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 Crest Drive, Eugene, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Crest Drive in Eugene, 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
Crime rates and types in Crest Drive
CrimeGrade™ estimates Crest Drive has about 17 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 54% less than the US as a whole and 65% less than Eugene as a whole.
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 45% of crime reported in Crest Drive. 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 Eugene
The Eugene Police Department polices Crest Drive; these figures cover Eugene as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Eugene as a whole, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 47% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
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 Crest Drive compares with nearby neighborhoods
Crest Drive has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Night lighting, tree cover and walkability in Crest Drive
Two things set Crest Drive apart: it has 53% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and tree cover over 45% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and vandalism runs low here.
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.53% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.45% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.0.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Crest Drive
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Crest Drive about $418 a year per household, 65% 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 $3.0 million a year, or $387 per resident.
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 Crest Drive 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 Crest Drive, Eugene, OR average a SchoolGrade of A: 45% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Crest Drive on SchoolGrade
