Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Salem, OR Crime Grade
How Salem 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
10/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Salem, OR was 420.3 per 100,000 residents (763 incidents over a population of 181,534). That puts Salem Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 34% above the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Salem (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salem 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 | 468.8(835) | 492.6(885) | 461.6(823) | 538.4(958) | 420.3(763) |
| Murder | 5.1(9) | 3.9(7) | 4.5(8) | 5.1(9) | 2.2(4) |
| Rape | 23.0(41) | 32.8(59) | 26.4(47) | 42.1(75) | 35.8(65) |
| Robbery | 94.3(168) | 97.4(175) | 98.7(176) | 89.9(160) | 80.4(146) |
| Aggravated assault | 346.4(617) | 358.5(644) | 332.1(592) | 401.3(714) | 301.9(548) |
| Property crime | 3705.7(6,600) | 3720.9(6,685) | 3287.0(5,860) | 2877.4(5,120) | 2356.0(4,277) |
| Burglary | 399.2(711) | 418.0(751) | 384.2(685) | 444.0(790) | 325.6(591) |
| Larceny | 2634.4(4,692) | 2559.3(4,598) | 2329.0(4,152) | 1976.0(3,516) | 1714.3(3,112) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 596.3(1,062) | 662.4(1,190) | 506.5(903) | 395.6(704) | 275.4(500) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Salem's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Oregon cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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