Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
St. Helens, OR Crime Grade
How St. Helens 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
7/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in St. Helens, OR was 273.7 per 100,000 residents (40 incidents over a population of 14,616). That puts St. Helens 25% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 20% below the Oregon statewide rate of 341.4.
That ranks St. Helens #2,509 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #34 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 5% over the last five years.
St. Helens, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Oregon Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 273.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,509 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #34 of 52
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 5%
- Population
- 14,616
- Reporting agency
- St. Helens Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Helens Police Department (FBI ORI OR0050300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Helens, OR
Also known as
- Casenau
- Houlton
- Kasenau
- Milton
- Plymouth
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. St. Helens (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Helens vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 260.5(36) | 282.1(40) | 278.6(40) | 294.5(43) | 273.7(40) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 79.6(11) | 56.4(8) | 20.9(3) | 47.9(7) | 34.2(5) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 21.2(3) | 7.0(1) | 13.7(2) | 6.8(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 180.9(25) | 204.5(29) | 250.8(36) | 232.8(34) | 232.6(34) |
| Property crime | 1396.7(193) | 1269.6(180) | 1177.2(169) | 1027.2(150) | 944.2(138) |
| Burglary | 318.4(44) | 246.9(35) | 320.4(46) | 184.9(27) | 225.8(33) |
| Larceny | 861.2(119) | 768.8(109) | 564.2(81) | 719.0(105) | 636.3(93) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 209.9(29) | 253.9(36) | 257.7(37) | 116.4(17) | 68.4(10) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. Helens, 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 St. Helens 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 St. Helens calculated?
- St. Helens'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 St. Helens 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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