Oregon is home to 4.25 million residents; Salem is its capital and Portland its largest city · Updated November 2026
Is Oregon safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Oregon is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Oregon sits near the middle: 54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. It ranks 23rd safest of the 50 states and Washington, DC. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Oregon run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe counties and cities below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 856 of 1,00023rd safest of the 50 states and DCi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Oregon as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Oregon scores 856.
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 Oregon at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oregon, 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 Oregon
Robberies happen at stores and businesses more often than nationally. In Oregon, 53% of reported robberies happen at stores and businesses, against 33% nationally.
Arsons run high. Oregon has arsons at more than double the US rate: 0.31 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.12 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous counties and cities in Oregon
Low crime is the norm across Oregon: 84% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Oregon run from A+ to F; 46% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
84%10%
A or B 84%C 6%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
All 36 counties, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Cities of 10,000 or more residents, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is crime going up in Oregon?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Oregon is up 12% and property crime is down 14%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.0 to 3.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 28 to 24 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Oregon. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Oregon
Violent, US
Property, Oregon
Property, US
2016
-10%
+4%
+6%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
-3%
-8%
2021
+19%
+6%
-1%
-10%
2022
+19%
+5%
+6%
-6%
2023
+13%
+2%
-6%
-7%
2024
+12%
-4%
-14%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Oregon
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oregon has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% more than the US 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 is the most common crime in Oregon, about 43% 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 Oregon
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Oregon, 2022 to 2024.
In Oregon, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 33% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (25%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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 Oregon compares with nearby states
Oregon has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest states.
Two things set Oregon apart: it has 4.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 6 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary and arson, yet burglary and arson 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 and arson.4.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 92% of Americans
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 Oregon: D (16 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 72% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.22% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 62% of Americans
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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 57% of Americans
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Oregon on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more. Its Walk Grade for Oregon is D+ (23 of 100).
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 Oregon
Crime costs Oregon about $1,153 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $1.93 billion a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $5.56 billion a year, or $1,307 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$295 million
$69
Rape
$106 million
$25
Robbery
$76 million
$18
Assault
$488 million
$115
Burglary
$117 million
$27
Theft
$394 million
$93
Vehicle theft
$192 million
$45
Arson
$32 million
$7
Vandalism
$228 million
$54
Total
$1.93 billion
$453
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 Oregon 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. Oregon is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Oregon average a SchoolGrade of C+: 34% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Oregon on SchoolGrade
