Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Klamath Falls, OR Crime Grade
How Klamath Falls 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oregon
10/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Klamath Falls, OR was 458.6 per 100,000 residents (102 incidents over a population of 22,242). That puts Klamath Falls 41% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 46% above the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks Klamath Falls #3,193 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #49 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 38% over the last five years.
Klamath Falls, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Oregon Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 458.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,193 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #49 of 52
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 38%
- Population
- 22,242
- Reporting agency
- Klamath Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Klamath Falls Police Department (FBI ORI OR0180100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Klamath Falls, OR
Also known as
- Linkville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Klamath Falls (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Klamath Falls 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 | 744.8(171) | 515.6(119) | 580.9(133) | 483.8(106) | 458.6(102) |
| Murder | 8.7(2) | 4.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 13.7(3) | 4.5(1) |
| Rape | 74.0(17) | 34.7(8) | 48.0(11) | 63.9(14) | 76.4(17) |
| Robbery | 104.5(24) | 95.3(22) | 91.7(21) | 82.2(18) | 54.0(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 557.5(128) | 381.3(88) | 441.1(101) | 324.0(71) | 323.7(72) |
| Property crime | 3105.4(713) | 2630.2(607) | 2734.1(626) | 2706.4(593) | 2621.2(583) |
| Burglary | 405.1(93) | 411.6(95) | 327.6(75) | 351.4(77) | 422.6(94) |
| Larceny | 1838.0(422) | 1637.9(378) | 1873.7(429) | 1862.1(408) | 1811.9(403) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 788.3(181) | 533.0(123) | 436.8(100) | 479.2(105) | 323.7(72) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Klamath Falls, 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 Klamath Falls 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 Klamath Falls calculated?
- Klamath Falls'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 Klamath Falls 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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