Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oregon City, OR Crime Grade
How Oregon 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oregon
6/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oregon City, OR was 265.2 per 100,000 residents (102 incidents over a population of 38,468). That puts Oregon City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% below the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks Oregon City #2,466 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #32 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is up 11% year over year and up 15% over the last five years.
Oregon City, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Oregon Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 265.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,466 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #32 of 52
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 11%
- 5-year change
- up 15%
- Population
- 38,468
- Reporting agency
- Oregon City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oregon City Police Department (FBI ORI OR0030700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oregon City, OR
Also known as
- Willamette
- Willamette Falls
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. Oregon City (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oregon 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 | 230.6(89) | 376.4(140) | 242.5(90) | 239.2(89) | 265.2(102) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.1(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 33.7(13) | 64.5(24) | 35.0(13) | 51.1(19) | 41.6(16) |
| Robbery | 23.3(9) | 61.8(23) | 21.6(8) | 16.1(6) | 31.2(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 173.6(67) | 250.1(93) | 177.9(66) | 172.0(64) | 192.4(74) |
| Property crime | 1852.2(715) | 2288.1(851) | 1627.6(604) | 1362.4(507) | 800.7(308) |
| Burglary | 212.4(82) | 225.9(84) | 169.8(63) | 115.6(43) | 59.8(23) |
| Larceny | 1349.7(521) | 1691.2(629) | 1226.1(455) | 1083.0(403) | 634.3(244) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 256.5(99) | 322.7(120) | 207.5(77) | 129.0(48) | 83.2(32) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oregon 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 Oregon 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 Oregon City calculated?
- Oregon 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 Oregon 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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