Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
La Grande, OR Crime Grade
How La Grande 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
8/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in La Grande, OR was 306.0 per 100,000 residents (40 incidents over a population of 13,071). That puts La Grande 6% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 3% below the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks La Grande #2,669 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #39 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is up 20% year over year and up 21% over the last five years.
La Grande, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Oregon Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 306.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,669 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #39 of 52
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 20%
- 5-year change
- up 21%
- Population
- 13,071
- Reporting agency
- La Grande Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by La Grande Police Department (FBI ORI OR0310100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About La Grande, OR
Also known as
- Brownsville
- Brown Town
History
Settled in 1861, incorporated in 1864, established as a county seat in 1884, named for nearby Grande Ronde.
Location
Located along the route of the Oregon Trail.
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. La Grande (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
La Grande 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 | 253.1(34) | 280.9(37) | 417.9(55) | 254.6(33) | 306.0(40) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 67.0(9) | 60.7(8) | 144.4(19) | 54.0(7) | 130.1(17) |
| Robbery | 22.3(3) | 22.8(3) | 22.8(3) | 30.9(4) | 15.3(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 163.8(22) | 197.4(26) | 250.8(33) | 169.7(22) | 160.7(21) |
| Property crime | 2300.6(309) | 2573.3(339) | 2142.9(282) | 2707.7(351) | 2065.6(270) |
| Burglary | 498.8(67) | 425.1(56) | 326.7(43) | 385.7(50) | 252.5(33) |
| Larceny | 1600.8(215) | 1791.4(236) | 1595.7(210) | 2160.0(280) | 1683.1(220) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 193.6(26) | 258.1(34) | 182.4(24) | 123.4(16) | 76.5(10) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the La Grande, 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 La Grande 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 La Grande calculated?
- La Grande'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 La Grande 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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