Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Eugene reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Eugene’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #63 of 74 graded towns in Oregon, and #190 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
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 Eugene
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Oregon towns on Eugene’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Springfield (C−). Santa Clara and River Road are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Eugene’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.9 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Oregon (4.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: about the same as the rest of Oregon
73.3 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (128 reported in 2025), about the same as the rest of Oregon (78.5) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Eugene reports less crime per resident than 42% (#190). Places like it ↓
A college town
Eugene is home to the University of Oregon, with 23,117 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 15% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Eugene’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 (3.4) 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.
Homicides and robberies
Eugene’s police reported 2 homicides, 128 robberies and 617 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Oregon and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Eugene | Rest of Oregon | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Eugene | Rest of Oregon | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 75.3 | 93.2 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 77.4 | 85.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 70.8 | 79.8 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 71.6 | 70.0 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
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 | Eugene property | Rest of Oregon property | Eugene violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.1 | 36.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 32.0 | 32.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 32.6 | 30.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 28 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.
5,576 crimes reported in 2025
617 violent and 4,959 property, as reported to the FBI by Eugene’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
40 people died in crashes on Eugene’s roads in 2019–2023
Eugene had 39 fatal crashes in five years, in which 40 people died; 17 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Oregon towns of 100,000+ people (7.1, 6 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.
Eugene and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene | D | 3.4 | 30.7 |
| Santa Clara | — | — | — |
| River Road | — | — | — |
| Springfield | C− | 3.0 | 25.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Santa Clara and River Road 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 Eugene. 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 Eugene’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (178,886 in 2025); our figure for Eugene is 178,618 (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 Eugene
Is Eugene, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Eugene reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #63 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 3.4 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 Eugene?
3.4 violent and 30.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.9 and 30.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Eugene?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Eugene in 2025?
Eugene’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Eugene safer than Springfield?
Springfield reports less crime per resident than Eugene: Springfield grades C− for safety and Eugene D. Springfield’s police reported 3.0 violent and 25.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Eugene?
Eugene’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Eugene”. 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.