Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Forest Grove, OR Crime Grade
How Forest Grove grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Oregon — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oregon
9/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Forest Grove, OR was 384.2 per 100,000 residents (105 incidents over a population of 27,331). That puts Forest Grove Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 22% above the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks Forest Grove #2,975 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #45 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is up 13% year over year and up 29% over the last five years.
Forest Grove, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Oregon Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 384.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,975 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #45 of 52
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 13%
- 5-year change
- up 29%
- Population
- 27,331
- Reporting agency
- Forest Grove Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Forest Grove Police Department (FBI ORI OR0340200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Forest Grove (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Forest Grove vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 297.4(77) | 357.5(93) | 428.6(116) | 340.8(92) | 384.2(105) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 61.8(16) | 80.7(21) | 77.6(21) | 81.5(22) | 65.9(18) |
| Robbery | 27.0(7) | 42.3(11) | 14.8(4) | 18.5(5) | 40.2(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 208.6(54) | 230.6(60) | 336.2(91) | 240.8(65) | 278.1(76) |
| Property crime | 1502.5(389) | 1906.5(496) | 1455.6(394) | 1400.4(378) | 1072.0(293) |
| Burglary | 197.0(51) | 222.9(58) | 140.4(38) | 207.5(56) | 153.7(42) |
| Larceny | 1027.4(266) | 1476.0(384) | 1185.9(321) | 1074.4(290) | 812.3(222) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 251.1(65) | 169.1(44) | 110.8(30) | 100.0(27) | 73.2(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Forest Grove, OR Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Forest Grove Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Forest Grove calculated?
- Forest Grove's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Oregon state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Oregon cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Forest Grove Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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