Photo: Edfallere · CC BY-SA 4.0More property crime is recorded per resident in Albany than in 73% of U.S. towns
Overall, Albany grades C+ for safety (#35 of 74 graded towns in Oregon): more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. By contrast, the yearly rates were 1.8 violent crimes and 18.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.9 and 30.6 in the rest of Oregon. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 26% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OR” is every other Oregon city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Albany
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Albany’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 53% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 35% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Albany’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Albany property | Rest of Oregon property | Albany violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.6 | 36.7 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 20.7 | 33.1 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 18.3 | 31.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 15.1 | 27.7 | 1.6 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oregon.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Albany | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Albany’s police reported 313 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Albany per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
956 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
91 violent and 865 property, as reported to the FBI by Albany’s police.
20 people died in crashes on Albany’s roads in 2019–2023
Albany had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 9 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Oregon towns of 25,000–100,000 people (3.5, 21 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Albany and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | C+ | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| Millersburg | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Millersburg has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | C+ | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| Lake Oswego | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Corvallis | C− | 1.8 | 25.0 |
| Springfield | C− | 3.0 | 25.8 |
| Grants Pass | D | 3.9 | 29.1 |
| Tigard | D | 2.9 | 34.2 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Albany’s population (56,894), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Albany. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Albany’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (57,315 in 2025); our figure for Albany is 56,894 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Albany
Is Albany, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Albany reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #35 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 1.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Albany?
1.8 violent and 18.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.9 and 30.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Albany in 2025?
Albany’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Albany?
Albany’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Albany”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.