Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cottage Grove has more violent crime per resident than two in three U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 26% per resident from 2023 to 2025. The Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crimes Cottage Grove’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #37 of 74 graded towns in Oregon. Typical years here bring 2.6 violent crimes plus 16.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.8 plus 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 Cottage Grove
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Cottage Grove’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 50% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 33% 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 Cottage Grove’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 (2.6) 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. Its property rate (16.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | Cottage Grove property | Rest of Oregon property | Cottage Grove violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.4 | 36.6 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 16.3 | 32.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 19.6 | 30.9 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 12.9 | 27.5 | 1.7 | 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 | Cottage Grove | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cottage Grove’s police reported 85 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Cottage Grove 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.
156 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.
18 violent and 138 property, as reported to the FBI by Cottage Grove’s police.
No one died in a crash on Cottage Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Cottage Grove’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cottage Grove’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Cottage Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | C | 2.6 | 16.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | C | 2.6 | 16.2 |
| Monmouth | B− | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| Independence | B− | 2.1 | 11.0 |
| Sweet Home | C− | 2.4 | 26.2 |
| Newport | C− | 2.6 | 25.9 |
| Lincoln City | C− | 4.6 | 23.2 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Cottage Grove’s population (10,851), 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 Cottage Grove. 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 Cottage Grove’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,702 in 2025); our figure for Cottage Grove is 10,851 (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 Cottage Grove
Is Cottage Grove, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cottage Grove reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #37 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 2.6 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 Cottage Grove?
2.6 violent and 16.2 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 Cottage Grove?
Cottage Grove’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cottage Grove”. 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.