Crime Grade · Oregon

Most Dangerous Cities in Oregon

52 reporting Oregon cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 240.7 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Portland	631,483	694.6	C7/10
2	Ontario	11,762	680.2	C7/10
3	Coos Bay	15,755	514.1	C6/10
4	Klamath Falls	22,242	458.6	B5/10
5	Salem	181,534	420.3	B5/10
6	Lincoln City	10,082	406.7	B5/10
7	Medford	86,298	402.1	B5/10
8	Forest Grove	27,331	384.2	B5/10
9	Pendleton	17,031	381.7	B5/10
10	Roseburg	23,827	369.3	B5/10
11	Grants Pass	39,525	366.9	B5/10
12	Gresham	110,776	363.8	B5/10
13	Eugene	178,886	344.9	B4/10
14	La Grande	13,071	306.0	B4/10
15	Newport	10,973	291.6	B4/10
16	Springfield	61,013	286.8	B4/10
17	Hillsboro	111,167	282.5	B4/10
18	Milwaukie	21,734	280.7	B4/10
19	St. Helens	14,616	273.7	B4/10
20	Sweet Home	10,370	270.0	B4/10
21	Oregon City	38,468	265.2	B4/10
22	The Dalles	15,860	258.5	A3/10
23	Cornelius	16,087	254.9	A3/10
24	Tigard	57,885	252.2	A3/10
25	Beaverton	98,494	250.8	A3/10
26	Prineville	12,047	240.7	A3/10
27	Ashland	20,832	240.0	A3/10
28	Hermiston	19,818	237.2	A3/10
29	Dallas	18,147	231.4	A3/10
30	Redmond	38,660	206.9	A3/10
31	Tualatin	28,076	206.6	A3/10
32	Molalla	10,110	197.8	A3/10
33	Silverton	10,622	197.7	A3/10
34	Keizer	39,110	191.8	A3/10
35	Bend	108,819	191.1	A3/10
36	Woodburn	31,663	183.2	A3/10
37	Corvallis	62,971	176.3	A2/10
38	Independence	10,370	173.6	A2/10
39	Cottage Grove	10,702	168.2	A2/10
40	McMinnville	35,508	163.3	A2/10
41	Canby	17,979	161.3	A2/10
42	Albany	57,315	158.8	A2/10
43	Lebanon	20,319	157.5	A2/10
44	Monmouth	11,782	152.8	A2/10
45	Baker City	10,135	138.1	A2/10
46	Central Point	19,136	130.6	A2/10
47	Newberg-Dundee	27,558	130.6	A2/10
48	Sandy	13,074	114.7	A1/10
49	Gladstone	11,861	109.6	A1/10
50	Sherwood	20,439	58.7	A1/10
51	Lake Oswego	39,817	55.3	A1/10
52	West Linn	26,407	30.3	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.