Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Beaverton reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Beaverton’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #49 of 74 graded towns in 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 Beaverton
Beaverton reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Oregon towns on Beaverton’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Tigard (D), Portland (D−). Raleigh Hills, Garden Home-Whitford, West Haven-Sylvan, Cedar Mill, West Slope and Aloha are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Beaverton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 34% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 20% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Beaverton has 59,804 jobs based in town for 97,842 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Beaverton’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 (3.0) 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 is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oregon.
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| Year | Beaverton property | Rest of Oregon property | Beaverton violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.3 | 36.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 21.0 | 33.3 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 26.6 | 31.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Beaverton’s police reported 863 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Beaverton | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
2,672 crimes reported in 2025
247 violent and 2,425 property, as reported to the FBI by Beaverton’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 people died in crashes on Beaverton’s roads in 2019–2023
Beaverton had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 8 were pedestrians.
That is 3.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Beaverton and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverton | C− | 3.0 | 24.1 |
| Raleigh Hills | — | — | — |
| Garden Home-Whitford | — | — | — |
| West Haven-Sylvan | — | — | — |
| Cedar Mill | — | — | — |
| Portland | D− | 7.1 | 54.7 |
| West Slope | — | — | — |
| Tigard | D | 2.9 | 34.2 |
| Aloha | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Raleigh Hills, Garden Home-Whitford, West Haven-Sylvan, Cedar Mill, West Slope and Aloha are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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 Beaverton. 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 Beaverton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (98,494 in 2025); our figure for Beaverton is 97,842 (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 Beaverton
Is Beaverton, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Beaverton reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #49 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 3.0 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 Beaverton?
3.0 violent and 24.1 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.
Is crime going up or down in Beaverton?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Beaverton in 2025?
Beaverton’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Beaverton safer than Portland?
Portland reports more crime per resident than Beaverton: Portland grades D− for safety and Beaverton C−. Portland’s police reported 7.1 violent and 54.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Beaverton?
Beaverton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Beaverton”. 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.