Southeast Mill Creek is a neighborhood of 3,490 residents in Salem, about 5 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Southeast Mill Creek in Salem safe?
Crime in Southeast Mill Creek is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Southeast Mill Creek. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. Salem as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Southeast Mill Creek run from A- to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 746 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Southeast Mill Creek as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Southeast Mill Creek scores 746.
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 Southeast Mill Creek, Salem, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Southeast Mill Creek in Salem, 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 Southeast Mill Creek
Burglaries run high. Southeast Mill Creek has burglaries at more than double the US rate: 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Salem as a whole, 58% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Southeast Mill Creek
CrimeGrade™ estimates Southeast Mill Creek has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% more than the US as a whole and close to Salem 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 makes up about 30% of crime reported in Southeast Mill Creek. Assault is less common but 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 Salem
The Salem Police Department polices Southeast Mill Creek; these figures cover Salem as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Salem as a whole, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (44%)
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 Southeast Mill Creek compares with nearby neighborhoods
Southeast Mill Creek has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. North Albany and Aurora-Butteville-Barlow have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Southeast Mill Creek. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Southeast Mill Creek has more crime than 52% of them.
Parking lots, density and walkability in Southeast Mill Creek
Two things set Southeast Mill Creek apart: it has 7.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (7 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. 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.7.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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.NoneUS: 24%Lower than for 99% 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. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (7 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.172 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 95% 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 Southeast Mill Creek
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Southeast Mill Creek about $2,464 a year per household, about double 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 $8.3 million a year, or $2,375 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 Southeast Mill Creek 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. Southeast Mill Creek 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 Southeast Mill Creek, Salem, OR average a SchoolGrade of D: 26% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Southeast Mill Creek on SchoolGrade
