The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tualatin, OR
Tualatin is a city of 29,600 in Washington County, about 11 miles southwest of downtown Portland · Updated November 2026
Is Tualatin, OR safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Tualatin is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Tualatin sits near the middle: 53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tualatin run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 851 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tualatin as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tualatin scores 851.
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 Tualatin, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tualatin, 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 Tualatin
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses more often than nationally. In Tualatin, 48% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Tualatin has aggravated assaults at about half the US rate: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Tualatin
Every part of Tualatin where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Tualatin run from A+ to B; 63% 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 Tualatin, the southeast side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Tualatin?
Reported violent crime in Tualatin peaked in 2021 and has fallen 21% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 8% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.2 to 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 24 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Tualatin. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tualatin
Violent, US
Property, Tualatin
Property, US
2016
-20%
+4%
-5%
+15%
2017
-38%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
-7%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
+16%
+6%
+19%
-10%
2022
+11%
+5%
+39%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
+10%
-7%
2024
-8%
-4%
-8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tualatin
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tualatin has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% more than the US as a whole and close to 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Tualatin, about 47% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Tualatin
Tualatin has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 42% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (27%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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 Tualatin compares with nearby cities
Tualatin has more crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. West Linn and Sherwood have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Tualatin apart: it has 115 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 3.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them; here theft and robbery sit near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.115 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 94% 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 64% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% of US city residents
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 Tualatin: D+ (22 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 77% 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.4.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 68% 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 Tualatin
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Tualatin about $949 a year per household, 21% 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 $24 million a year, or $800 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$680,000
$23
Rape
$670,000
$23
Robbery
$360,000
$12
Assault
$2.6 million
$89
Burglary
$620,000
$21
Theft
$3.0 million
$101
Vehicle theft
$1,000,000
$34
Arson
$65,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.7 million
$59
Total
$11 million
$363
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 Tualatin 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 Tualatin, OR average a SchoolGrade of A: 46% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Tualatin on SchoolGrade
