Robert Vinton Beall House · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Central Point fell 35% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Central Point grades B for safety (#14 of 74 graded towns in Oregon): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Central Point
Central Point reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Oregon towns on Central Point’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Medford (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Oregon towns, higher
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Central Point’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 81% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 55% 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 Central Point’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Central Point property | Rest of Oregon property | Central Point violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.5 | 36.6 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 13.1 | 33.0 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.7 | 31.0 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 8.4 | 27.5 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Central Point’s police reported 91 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 | Central Point | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
185 crimes reported in 2025
25 violent and 160 property, as reported to the FBI by Central Point’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
One person died in crashes on Central Point’s roads in 2019–2023
Central Point had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Central Point’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Central Point’s own rate (1.0) 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.
Central Point and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Point | B | 1.6 | 10.4 |
| Medford | D | 4.3 | 37.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Central Point. 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 Central Point’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,136 in 2025); our figure for Central Point is 19,139 (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 Central Point
Is Central Point, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Central Point reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #14 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 1.6 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 Central Point?
1.6 violent and 10.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.9 and 30.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Central Point?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Central Point safer than Medford?
Medford reports more crime per resident than Central Point: Medford grades D for safety and Central Point B. Medford’s police reported 4.3 violent and 37.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Central Point?
Central Point’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Central Point”. 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.