The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Keizer, OR
Keizer is a city of 39,100 in Marion County, about 5 miles northeast of downtown Salem · Updated November 2026
Is Keizer, OR safe?
Yes, crime in Keizer is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Keizer sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 43% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Keizer run from A+ to C-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 801 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Keizer as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Keizer scores 801.
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 Keizer, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Keizer, 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 Keizer
Thefts run high for an A-graded city. Keizer has 16.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3.
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Keizer, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.3 car thefts and 1.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Keizer
Low crime is the norm across Keizer: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Keizer run from A+ to C-; 51% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
96%
A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Keizer, the west side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Keizer?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Keizer is down 10%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.6 to 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 47% and property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
KeizerUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Keizer. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Keizer
Violent, US
Property, Keizer
Property, US
2016
+5%
+4%
+15%
+15%
2017
+26%
+4%
+21%
+12%
2018
+34%
+0%
+29%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+37%
+4%
+24%
-8%
2021
+72%
+6%
+18%
-10%
2022
+44%
+5%
+52%
-6%
2023
+68%
+2%
+24%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
+7%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Keizer
CrimeGrade™ estimates Keizer has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% less than the US as a whole and 28% 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 Keizer, about 53% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
The Keizer Police Department's 2024 count of reported rape fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting gap, so CrimeGrade™ used its own estimate instead.
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 Keizer
Keizer has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Keizer, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (65%)
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 Keizer compares with nearby cities
Keizer has the least crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Two things set Keizer apart: it has 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 21 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.21 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 85% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 54% 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 Keizer: D+ (23 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 83% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 79% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Keizer 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 Keizer
Crime costs Keizer about $729 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 39% 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 $26 million a year, or $678 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$990,000
$25
Rape
$630,000
$16
Robbery
$310,000
$8
Assault
$2.7 million
$68
Burglary
$520,000
$13
Theft
$3.3 million
$83
Vehicle theft
$780,000
$20
Arson
$130,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$36
Total
$11 million
$274
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 Keizer 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 Keizer, OR average a SchoolGrade of D+: 27% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Keizer on SchoolGrade
