Photo: M.O. Stevens · Public domainPer resident, King City records less crime than 72% of U.S. towns
Graded on crimes King City’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety: #2 of 74 graded towns in Oregon. On violence it beats 70% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 68%. In a usual year, 0.9 violent crime and 7.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Oregon, 3.8 and 30.4.
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 King City
King City reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Oregon towns on King City’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Tualatin (C−), Tigard (D). Bull Mountain is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Oregon towns, higher
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so King City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 97% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 72% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind King City’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | King City | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
King City’s police reported 14 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 King City 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | King City property | Rest of Oregon property | King City violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.9 | 36.5 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 32.9 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 30.9 | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 27.4 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oregon.
35 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.
4 violent and 31 property, as reported to the FBI by King City’s police.
No one died in a crash on King City’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 King City’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so King City’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.
King City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| King City | B+ | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| Tigard | D | 2.9 | 34.2 |
| Tualatin | C− | 2.1 | 28.3 |
| Bull Mountain | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bull Mountain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King City | B+ | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| Philomath | B+ | 0.8 | 7.6 |
| Boardman | B− | 2.3 | 11.1 |
| Winston | C+ | 1.1 | 19.4 |
| Tillamook | C− | 3.1 | 25.8 |
| Phoenix | C− | 2.5 | 27.7 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to King City’s population (5,044), 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 King City. 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 King City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,960 in 2025); our figure for King City is 5,044 (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 King City
Is King City, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, King City reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #2 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 0.9 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 King City?
0.9 violent and 7.0 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.
Is King City safer than Tigard?
Tigard reports more crime per resident than King City: Tigard grades D for safety and King City B+. Tigard’s police reported 2.9 violent and 34.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices King City?
King City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “King City”. 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.