The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hood River County, OR
Hood River County is home to 23,900 residents and includes Hood River and Cascade Locks · Updated November 2026
Is Hood River County, OR safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Hood River County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 948 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
85% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hood River County as a whole, and 15% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hood River County scores 948.
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 Hood River County, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hood River 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 Hood River County
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Hood River County, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.1 car thefts and 0.95 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hood River County
Every part of Hood River County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hood River County run from A+ to A; every part of Hood River 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 southwest side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Hood River County?
Reported crime in Hood River County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 45% and property crime down 17%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 17 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Hood River CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Hood River County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hood River County
Violent, US
Property, Hood River County
Property, US
2016
-6%
+4%
-13%
+15%
2017
-11%
+4%
-6%
+12%
2018
-33%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-37%
+4%
+10%
-8%
2021
-40%
+6%
+11%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
+27%
-6%
2023
-26%
+2%
+7%
-7%
2024
-45%
-4%
-17%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hood River County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hood River County has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and 44% 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 Hood River County, about 49% 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 Hood River County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Hood River County, 2022 to 2024.
In Hood River County, 35% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 28% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (28%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (30%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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 Hood River County compares with nearby counties
Hood River County has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Hood River County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Hood River County has more crime than 58% of them.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Hood River County
Two things set Hood River County apart: it has 17.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 36% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% 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.17.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% 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.36% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 91% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.57 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 84% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.9.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 83% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 83% 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 Hood River County
Crime costs Hood River County about $624 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 48% 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 $16 million a year, or $652 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$830,000
$35
Rape
$400,000
$17
Robbery
$130,000
$5
Assault
$1.4 million
$60
Burglary
$330,000
$14
Theft
$1.4 million
$59
Vehicle theft
$390,000
$16
Arson
$94,000
$4
Vandalism
$580,000
$24
Total
$5.6 million
$234
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 Hood River 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.
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 Hood River County, OR average a SchoolGrade of B: 38% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Hood River County on SchoolGrade
