Lake Oswego is a city of 46,400 in Clackamas County, about 7 miles south of downtown Portland · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Lake Oswego?
Violent crime is low in Lake Oswego: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Assaults make up 89% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 927 of 1,000Less violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Lake Oswego as a whole, and 27% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Lake Oswego scores 927.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Lake Oswego, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lake Oswego, 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 about violent crime in Lake Oswego
Simple assault runs low. Lake Oswego has 2.5 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 9.7.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Lake Oswego
Every part of Lake Oswego where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Lake Oswego run from A+ to A-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Palisades, southClose to the rest of Lake Oswego on most crimes.A+951
2Glenmorrie, southeastClose to the rest of Lake Oswego on most crimes.A+944
3Mt. Park, northClose to the rest of Lake Oswego on most crimes.A+931
4Rosewood, southwestClose to the rest of Lake Oswego on most crimes.A923
5Foothills & Lakewood, eastClose to the rest of Lake Oswego on most crimes.A921
6First Addition, northeastClose to the rest of Lake Oswego on most crimes.A918
7Westlake, northwestClose to the rest of Lake Oswego on most crimes.A916
8Lake Forest, westSimple assaults run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Lake Oswego.A910
Neighborhood areas of Lake Oswego, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in Lake Oswego?
Reported violent crime in Lake Oswego peaked in 2021 and has fallen 32% since, back near its 2019 level. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.6 to 0.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Lake OswegoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lake Oswego. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Lake Oswego
Violent, US
2016
+36%
+4%
2017
-28%
+4%
2018
-8%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+9%
+4%
2021
+58%
+6%
2022
+36%
+5%
2023
-8%
+2%
2024
+8%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Lake Oswego
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lake Oswego has about 3.2 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 76% less than the US as a whole and 68% less than Oregon.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Lake Oswego, about 89% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in Lake Oswego and nearby cities
Lake Oswego has less violent crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only West Linn has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Lake Oswego. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Lake Oswego is safer than 86% of them.
Lake Oswego looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.55 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 70% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Lake Oswego: D+ (19 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 64% 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 assault. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% 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.12% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 56% 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 violent crime costs Lake Oswego
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Lake Oswego about $15 million a year, or $315 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $3.1 million, or $68 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 79% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$910,000
$20
Rape
$690,000
$15
Robbery
$150,000
$3
Assault
$1.4 million
$30
Total
$3.1 million
$68
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
