Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Medford, OR Crime Grade
How Medford 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 Medford, OR was 402.1 per 100,000 residents (347 incidents over a population of 86,298). That puts Medford Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 28% above the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks Medford #3,026 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #46 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and up 17% over the last five years.
Medford, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Oregon Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 402.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,026 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #46 of 52
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- up 17%
- Population
- 86,298
- Reporting agency
- Medford Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Medford Police Department (FBI ORI OR0150400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Medford (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Medford 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 | 344.0(290) | 436.3(379) | 425.3(363) | 500.2(424) | 402.1(347) |
| Murder | 8.3(7) | 3.5(3) | 3.5(3) | 3.5(3) | 2.3(2) |
| Rape | 64.1(54) | 61.0(53) | 69.1(59) | 69.6(59) | 48.7(42) |
| Robbery | 71.2(60) | 87.5(76) | 82.0(70) | 89.7(76) | 88.1(76) |
| Aggravated assault | 200.5(169) | 284.3(247) | 270.6(231) | 337.4(286) | 263.0(227) |
| Property crime | 3461.6(2,918) | 4399.4(3,822) | 4011.6(3,424) | 3935.5(3,336) | 3705.8(3,198) |
| Burglary | 264.5(223) | 392.5(341) | 314.0(268) | 294.9(250) | 258.4(223) |
| Larceny | 2868.4(2,418) | 3517.7(3,056) | 3371.9(2,878) | 3391.7(2,875) | 3260.8(2,814) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 283.5(239) | 417.8(363) | 274.2(234) | 211.2(179) | 159.9(138) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Medford, 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 Medford 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 Medford calculated?
- Medford'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 Medford 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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