The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Prineville, OR
Prineville is a city of 20,100 in Crook County, about 30 miles northeast of downtown Bend · Updated November 2026
Is Prineville, OR safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Prineville has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 82% 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 940 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
82% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Prineville as a whole, and 18% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Prineville scores 940.
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 Prineville, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Prineville, 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 Prineville
Theft runs low. Prineville has 5.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
Acts of vandalism happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Prineville, 83% of reported acts of vandalism happen at homes, against 42% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Prineville
Every part of Prineville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Prineville run from A+ to A-; 95% of residents live in areas with 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.
Within Prineville, the southeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Prineville?
Reported crime in Prineville has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 34% and property crime down 65%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.8 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 22 to 7.5 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 53% and property crime fell 35%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PrinevilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Prineville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Prineville
Violent, US
Property, Prineville
Property, US
2016
+53%
+4%
+44%
+15%
2017
-10%
+4%
+73%
+12%
2018
+14%
+0%
+71%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-15%
+4%
-14%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-46%
-10%
2022
-31%
+5%
-43%
-6%
2023
+42%
+2%
-46%
-7%
2024
-34%
-4%
-65%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Prineville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Prineville has about 18 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 53% less than the US as a whole and 58% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Prineville is assault, about 44% of the total. It also makes up 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.
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 Prineville
Prineville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Prineville, 89% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (89%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (83%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (75%)
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 Prineville compares with nearby cities
Prineville has more crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities. Grizzly and Culver have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Prineville
Two things set Prineville apart: it has 3.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 53% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 87% of US city residents
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 86% 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. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 72% of US city residents
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 Prineville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Prineville about $554 a year per household, 54% 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 $14 million a year, or $715 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$680,000
$34
Rape
$340,000
$17
Robbery
$37,000
$2
Assault
$1.8 million
$91
Burglary
$120,000
$6
Theft
$550,000
$27
Vehicle theft
$170,000
$8
Arson
$110,000
$5
Vandalism
$380,000
$19
Total
$4.2 million
$210
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 Prineville 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 Prineville, OR average a SchoolGrade of B-: 33% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Prineville on SchoolGrade
