Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
The Dalles, OR Crime Grade
How The Dalles 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 The Dalles, OR was 258.5 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 15,860). That puts The Dalles 21% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 18% below the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks The Dalles #2,424 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 36% of them, and #31 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is down 30% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
The Dalles, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Oregon Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 258.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,424 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #31 of 52
- Safer than
- 36% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 30%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 15,860
- Reporting agency
- The Dalles Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by The Dalles Police Department (FBI ORI OR0330100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About The Dalles, OR
Also known as
- Rockfort Camp
- Dalles City
- Win-quatt
- Wascopum
- City of the Dalles
History
The community was incorporated by the Oregon Territorial Government in 1857 as Dalles City, but renamed The Dalles in 1860. The name derives from the French word dalle, which means flagstone.
Location
The corporate name of the community is City of The Dalles.
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. The Dalles (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
The Dalles 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 | 268.5(42) | 360.2(58) | 358.6(57) | 369.1(58) | 258.5(41) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.3(1) | 6.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 76.7(12) | 31.1(5) | 75.5(12) | 25.5(4) | 56.7(9) |
| Robbery | 51.1(8) | 118.0(19) | 81.8(13) | 95.5(15) | 25.2(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 140.6(22) | 211.2(34) | 195.0(31) | 241.9(38) | 176.5(28) |
| Property crime | 3573.5(559) | 3838.5(618) | 3252.2(517) | 2615.8(411) | 2755.4(437) |
| Burglary | 530.6(83) | 503.1(81) | 390.0(62) | 286.4(45) | 283.7(45) |
| Larceny | 2563.4(401) | 2801.2(451) | 2447.0(389) | 2062.1(324) | 2137.5(339) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 453.9(71) | 484.5(78) | 396.3(63) | 203.7(32) | 252.2(40) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the The Dalles, 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 The Dalles 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 The Dalles calculated?
- The Dalles'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 The Dalles 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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Comparable Oregon cities by population.
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