The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Sweet Home, OR: Crime Maps and Statistics

C-

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	C+
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	B-

Which crimes are included?

$4.97 million

Cost of Crime™ for Sweet Home, OR

In 2025, crime will cost $884 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home, OR Safe?

The C- overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Sweet Home's combined rate is slightly higher than the norm. Sweet Home sits in the 31st percentile, ahead of 31% of cities and behind 69%. The grade covers only Sweet Home's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Sweet Home is 31.25 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 23 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 49 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Sweet Home, OR report the most crime, about 99 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 13 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Sweet Home, OR

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Sweet Home for 2025 is $4,972,821, about $362 per resident and $884 per household. That equals 1.1% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 61.2%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 27.4%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.3%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Sweet Home Compared to Other Cities?

Sweet Home, OR:	$362
Tualatin, OR:	$986
Monmouth, OR:	$245
Oregon:	$550
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Sweet Home is $362 per year, which is $102 less than the national average and $189 less than Oregon's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Sweet Home:

In Tualatin, OR, crime costs $986 per person, which is $624 more than in Sweet Home.
In Monmouth, OR, crime costs $245 per person, which is $117 less than in Sweet Home

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Sweet Home for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Sweet Home	Cost per Sweet Home Resident
Murder	$822,102	$60
Rape/Sexual Assault	$578,909	$42
Robbery	$185,165	$13
Assault	$707,055	$51
Kidnapping	$70,951	$5
Vehicle Theft	$257,816	$19
Burglary	$346,805	$25
Theft	$1.20 million	$87
Arson	$99,109	$7
Vandalism	$485,152	$35
Animal Cruelty	$12,301	$1
Drug Crimes	$168,834	$12
Identity Theft	$41,792	$3
Total Cost of Crime	$4,972,821	$362

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Sweet Home, OR

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 Sweet Home totals $8,507,000 ($619 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $13,479,821 ($981 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 central 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 Sweet Home's 13,744 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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Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.791
Robbery	0.4283
Rape	0.6947
Murder	0.0318
Total Violent Crime	2.946 (C+)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	16.81
Vehicle Theft	1.211
Burglary	2.782
Arson	0.2986
Total Property Crime	21.11 (D)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.0851
Drug Crimes	1.661
Vandalism	4.941
Identity Theft	0.3929
Animal Cruelty	0.1210
Total "Other" Rate	7.201 (B-)

Individual Sweet Home Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Liberty, OR	B-	B+	C
Foster, OR	D+	C+	D-
Crawfordsville, OR	B-	A-	C+
Waterloo, OR	B	B	B+
Sodaville, OR	B-	C+	C+
Brownsville, OR	B	B+	B-
Lebanon, OR	C	B	D+
Tallman, OR	C+	C+	C-
Cascadia, OR	D+	B	D
Lacomb, OR	C+	B+	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Sweet Home 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
Potsdam, NY	B-	C+	C+
Plymouth, WI	B+	A-	A-
Pontotoc, MS	B+	A+	A+
Port Jervis, NY	C	D+	D+
Port Neches, TX	D+	C	C
Port Royal, SC	D	C+	C+
Port Washington, NY	C+	C	C
Port Washington, WI	B+	B+	B+
Portage, WI	D+	C+	C+
Plover, WI	B	A	A

Considering only the crime rate, Sweet Home is safer than the Oregon state average and as safe as the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Sweet Home, OR average SchoolGrade of D, with 26% actual proficiency versus 33% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Sweet Home schools on SchoolGrade

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