Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lincoln City, OR Crime Grade
How Lincoln City 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
9/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lincoln City, OR was 406.7 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 10,082). That puts Lincoln City 25% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 29% above the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks Lincoln City #3,040 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #47 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is down 18% year over year and down 45% over the last five years.
Lincoln City, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Oregon Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 406.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,040 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #47 of 52
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 18%
- 5-year change
- down 45%
- Population
- 10,082
- Reporting agency
- Lincoln City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lincoln City Police Department (FBI ORI OR0210100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lincoln City, OR
Also known as
- Taft
- Oceanlake
- Nelscott
- De Lake
- Cutler City
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. Lincoln City (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lincoln City 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 | 745.4(70) | 385.8(39) | 468.7(47) | 497.0(50) | 406.7(41) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 19.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 9.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 74.5(7) | 29.7(3) | 59.8(6) | 99.4(10) | 69.4(7) |
| Robbery | 31.9(3) | 59.3(6) | 89.8(9) | 49.7(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 638.9(60) | 277.0(28) | 319.1(32) | 337.9(34) | 337.2(34) |
| Property crime | 3311.7(311) | 2462.9(249) | 3430.7(344) | 1977.9(199) | 1775.4(179) |
| Burglary | 607.0(57) | 573.7(58) | 827.8(83) | 387.6(39) | 287.6(29) |
| Larceny | 2395.9(225) | 1632.0(165) | 2263.9(227) | 1471.0(148) | 1339.0(135) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 298.2(28) | 247.3(25) | 229.4(23) | 99.4(10) | 109.1(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lincoln City, 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 Lincoln City 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 Lincoln City calculated?
- Lincoln City'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 Lincoln City 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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