Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lake Oswego, OR Crime Grade
How Lake Oswego 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oregon
1/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lake Oswego, OR was 55.3 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 39,817). That puts Lake Oswego Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 82% below the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks Lake Oswego #576 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 85% of them, and #2 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is down 29% year over year and down 42% over the last five years.
Lake Oswego, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Oregon Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 55.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #576 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #2 of 52
- Safer than
- 85% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 29%
- 5-year change
- down 42%
- Population
- 39,817
- Reporting agency
- Lake Oswego Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lake Oswego Police Department (FBI ORI OR0030400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lake Oswego, OR
Also known as
- Oswego
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. Lake Oswego (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lake Oswego 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 | 94.7(38) | 82.4(33) | 55.3(22) | 78.2(31) | 55.3(22) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.9(12) | 27.5(11) | 17.6(7) | 32.8(13) | 7.5(3) |
| Robbery | 19.9(8) | 7.5(3) | 10.1(4) | 7.6(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 44.8(18) | 47.4(19) | 27.7(11) | 35.3(14) | 47.7(19) |
| Property crime | 1592.0(639) | 1588.3(636) | 1343.2(534) | 1138.1(451) | 934.3(372) |
| Burglary | 231.7(93) | 229.7(92) | 196.2(78) | 206.9(82) | 160.7(64) |
| Larceny | 1193.4(479) | 1176.2(471) | 1021.2(406) | 810.1(321) | 675.6(269) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 157.0(63) | 177.3(71) | 123.3(49) | 108.5(43) | 85.4(34) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lake Oswego, 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 Lake Oswego 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 Lake Oswego calculated?
- Lake Oswego'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 Lake Oswego 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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