River Road is a neighborhood of 14,100 residents in Eugene · Updated November 2026
Is River Road in Eugene safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, River Road has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B. Eugene as a whole grades B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B; see the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 748 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than River Road as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. River Road scores 748.
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 River Road, Eugene, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in River Road in Eugene, 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 River Road
Vandalism runs low. River Road has 2.7 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 5.5.
How River Road compares within Eugene
Every part of River Road where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across River Road run from A- to B; every part of River Road has more 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.
River Road has less crime than 10 of the 17 neighborhoods in Eugene. It covers much of the Santa Clara and River Road areas.
Is crime going up in Eugene?
Reported crime in Eugene as a whole has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 20% and property crime down 11%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.0 to 3.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 37 to 33 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
EugeneUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Eugene. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Eugene
Violent, US
Property, Eugene
Property, US
2016
-7%
+4%
+5%
+15%
2017
-1%
+4%
+3%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
-11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
+8%
-8%
2021
+2%
+6%
-0%
-10%
2022
-6%
+5%
-8%
-6%
2023
-11%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
-20%
-4%
-11%
-15%
Crime rates and types in River Road
CrimeGrade™ estimates River Road has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% less than the US as a whole and 39% less than Eugene 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 River Road, about 45% 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.
How River Road compares with nearby neighborhoods
River Road has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set River Road apart: it has 15% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 3.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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 River Road: D+ (23 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.15% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 River Road
Crime costs River Road about $877 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 27% 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 $13 million a year, or $939 per resident.
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 River Road 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 River Road, Eugene, OR average a SchoolGrade of C-: 31% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in River Road on SchoolGrade
