The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in La Grande, WA: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in La Grande

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for La Grande. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

La Grande, WA Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

F
F
Other Crime Grade
F

$751,854

Cost of Crime™ for La Grande, WA

In 2025, crime will cost $2,565 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of La Grande with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is La Grande, WA Safe?

The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where La Grande's combined rate is much higher than the norm. La Grande sits in the 1st percentile, ahead of 1% of cities and behind 99%. The grade covers only La Grande's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in La Grande is 85.75 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 4 in the southeast neighborhoods to 1 in 49 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the south parts of La Grande, WA report the most crime, about 59 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in La Grande, WA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in La Grande for 2025 is $751,854, about $880 per resident and $2,565 per household. That equals 1.6% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 63.4%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 25.8%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.7%

How Much Does Crime Cost in La Grande Compared to Other Cities?

La Grande, WA: $880
Concrete, WA: $1390
Colbert, WA: $245
Washington: $610
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in La Grande is $880 per year, which is $416 more than the national average and $270 more than Washington's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to La Grande:
  • In Concrete, WA, crime costs $1,390 per person, which is $509 more than in La Grande.
  • In Colbert, WA, crime costs $245 per person, which is $635 less than in La Grande

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of La Grande for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to La Grande
Cost per La Grande Resident
Murder
$56,996
$67
Rape/Sexual Assault
$38,186
$45
Robbery
$19,043
$22
Assault
$173,502
$203
Kidnapping
$10,999
$13
Vehicle Theft
$46,520
$54
Burglary
$94,757
$111
Theft
$174,863
$205
Arson
$3,933
$5
Vandalism
$106,860
$125
Animal Cruelty
$201
$0
Drug Crimes
$3,976
$5
Identity Theft
$22,018
$26
Total Cost of Crime
$751,854
$880

The Intangible Cost of Crime in La Grande, WA

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in La Grande totals $616,021 ($721 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $1,367,876 ($1,602 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The west part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of La Grande's 854 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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La Grande Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 La Grande residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
7.074
Robbery
0.7089
Rape
0.7375
Murder
0.0355
Total Violent Crime
8.556 (F)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
39.54
Vehicle Theft
3.518
Burglary
12.23
Arson
0.1907
Total Property Crime
55.48 (F)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.2124
Drug Crimes
0.6294
Vandalism
17.52
Identity Theft
3.331
Animal Cruelty
0.0319
Total "Other" Rate
21.72 (F)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in La Grande is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to La Grande.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C-
C
C-
C-
C
C
C-
C+
C-
D-
D
D-
F
F
F
C
C+
C-
C-
B-
C-
B+
A-
A-
C+
C+
C
C-
C
D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

La Grande is higher versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D-
F
F
D
F
F
D+
C+
C+
A-
A
A
B+
A
A
B-
B-
B-
B-
B-
B-
B-
B+
B+
D+
B+
B+
D
F
F

Considering only the crime rate, La Grande is less safe than the Washington state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in La Grande, WA average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus 43% projected; overall, schools N/A. See La Grande schools on SchoolGrade

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