USS LCI-713 (Landing Craft) · Photo: Ian Poellet (User:Werewombat) · CC BY-SA 3.0In Astoria, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 43% per resident from 2023 to 2025
It has more violent crime than 79% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 76%. The overall Safety Grade is C− (#46 of 74 graded towns in Oregon), which means more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 3.7 violent crimes and 19.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.8 and 30.4 in the rest of Oregon.
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 Astoria
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Astoria’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 38% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 22% 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 Astoria’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Astoria property | Rest of Oregon property | Astoria violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.0 | 36.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 26.3 | 32.9 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 16.3 | 30.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 14.5 | 27.5 | 3.2 | 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.
Crime in Astoria 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Astoria | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Astoria’s police reported 110 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
174 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.
31 violent and 143 property, as reported to the FBI by Astoria’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Astoria’s roads in 2019–2023
Astoria had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is more than is typical for Oregon towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Astoria’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Astoria’s own rate (13.8) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Astoria and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astoria | C− | 3.7 | 19.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astoria | C− | 3.7 | 19.1 |
| Molalla | B+ | 1.7 | 6.1 |
| Independence | B− | 2.1 | 11.0 |
| Eagle Point | B− | 1.6 | 14.2 |
| North Bend | C− | 2.1 | 30.7 |
| Lincoln City | C− | 4.6 | 23.2 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Astoria’s population (9,838), 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 Astoria. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Astoria’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,837 in 2025); our figure for Astoria is 9,838 (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 Astoria
Is Astoria, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Astoria reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #46 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 3.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Astoria?
3.7 violent and 19.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.8 and 30.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Astoria?
Astoria’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Astoria”. 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.