Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0Keizer reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Keizer’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #38 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 Keizer
Keizer reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Oregon towns on Keizer’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Salem (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Keizer’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 49% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 32% 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 Keizer’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 (2.0) 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 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 | Keizer property | Rest of Oregon property | Keizer violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.7 | 36.6 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 20.9 | 33.0 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 19.1 | 31.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 18.3 | 27.5 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Keizer’s police reported 226 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 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 | Keizer | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
And about 2 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.
792 crimes reported in 2025
75 violent and 717 property, as reported to the FBI by Keizer’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Keizer’s roads in 2019–2023
Keizer had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
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 Keizer’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Keizer’s own rate (3.6) 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.
Keizer and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keizer | C | 2.0 | 19.4 |
| Lake Oswego | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Oregon City | C+ | 2.4 | 12.3 |
| McMinnville | C+ | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| Redmond | C | 2.1 | 21.7 |
| Grants Pass | D | 3.9 | 29.1 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Keizer’s population (39,140), by grade.
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 Keizer. 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 Keizer’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,110 in 2025); our figure for Keizer is 39,140 (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 Keizer
Is Keizer, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Keizer reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #38 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 2.0 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 Keizer?
2.0 violent and 19.4 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 Keizer?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Keizer in 2025?
Keizer’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.
Is Keizer safer than Salem?
Salem reports more crime per resident than Keizer: Salem grades D for safety and Keizer C. Salem’s police reported 4.7 violent and 27.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Keizer?
Keizer’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Keizer”. 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.