The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Woodburn, OR
Woodburn is a city of 31,600 in Marion County, about 17 miles northeast of downtown Salem · Updated November 2026
Is Woodburn, OR safe?
Crime in Woodburn is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Woodburn. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Woodburn run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 736 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Woodburn as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Woodburn scores 736.
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 Woodburn, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Woodburn, 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 Woodburn
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Woodburn runs 36% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 42% below it: 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades C+ in Woodburn, worse than in the neighborhoods where 87% of Americans live, against A- for violent crime as a whole.
The safest and least safe parts of Woodburn
Low crime is the norm across Woodburn: 88% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Woodburn run from A+ to C+; 6% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
88%12%
A or B 88%C 12%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Woodburn, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Woodburn?
Reported crime in Woodburn has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 24% and property crime down 19%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.6 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 36 to 29 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 14% and property crime rose 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WoodburnUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Woodburn. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Woodburn
Violent, US
Property, Woodburn
Property, US
2016
-17%
+4%
-25%
+15%
2017
-5%
+4%
-6%
+12%
2018
+24%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
-5%
-8%
2021
+28%
+6%
-13%
-10%
2022
+5%
+5%
-2%
-6%
2023
-12%
+2%
-29%
-7%
2024
-24%
-4%
-19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Woodburn
CrimeGrade™ estimates Woodburn has about 50 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 36% more than the US as a whole and 20% more 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Woodburn, about 46% 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 Woodburn
Woodburn has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Woodburn, 29% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at other places: 38% of them, against 7% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Other places (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Other places (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Other places (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 Woodburn compares with nearby cities
Woodburn has the most crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Two things set Woodburn apart: it has 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 15.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 62% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.34% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 68% 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 Woodburn: D- (8 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 60% 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 Woodburn
Crime costs Woodburn about $1,658 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 38% more 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 $36 million a year, or $1,155 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.4 million
$44
Rape
$1.3 million
$40
Robbery
$600,000
$19
Assault
$3.7 million
$116
Burglary
$440,000
$14
Theft
$3.7 million
$119
Vehicle theft
$2.0 million
$64
Arson
$120,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.9 million
$61
Total
$15 million
$481
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 Woodburn 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 Woodburn, OR average a SchoolGrade of D: 25% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Woodburn on SchoolGrade
