Photo: Nicolas from Paris, France · CC BY-SA 2.0Property crime per resident is higher in Grants Pass than in 90% of U.S. towns
A Safety Grade of D follows from crimes Grants Pass’ police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #63 of 74 graded towns in Oregon. Still, the rate the grade counts dropped 35% from 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 3.9 violent crimes and 29.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 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 Grants Pass
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 Grants Pass’ 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Grants Pass property | Rest of Oregon property | Grants Pass violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.6 | 36.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 36.0 | 32.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 22.2 | 27.5 | 3.7 | 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.
Crime in Grants Pass 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 4 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 | Grants Pass | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Grants Pass’ police reported 459 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,024 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.
145 violent and 879 property, as reported to the FBI by Grants Pass’ police.
Nine people died in crashes on Grants Pass’s roads in 2019–2023
Grants Pass had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Oregon towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Grants Pass’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Grants Pass’s own rate (4.6) 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.
Grants Pass and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Pass | D | 3.9 | 29.1 |
| Redwood | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Redwood is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Pass | D | 3.9 | 29.1 |
| Lake Oswego | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Oregon City | C+ | 2.4 | 12.3 |
| McMinnville | C+ | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| Keizer | C | 2.0 | 19.4 |
| Redmond | C | 2.1 | 21.7 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Grants Pass’ population (39,239), 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 Grants Pass. 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 Grants Pass’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,525 in 2025); our figure for Grants Pass is 39,239 (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 Grants Pass
Is Grants Pass, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Grants Pass reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #63 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 3.9 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 Grants Pass?
3.9 violent and 29.1 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.
How many homicides were there in Grants Pass in 2025?
Grants Pass’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Grants Pass?
Grants Pass’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Grants Pass”. 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.