Photo: Tedder · CC BY 3.0No grade for Metzger, but its recorded crime is here
The surrounding 10 miles hold 11 graded places to compare with. Metzger has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Washington County. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Metzger alone, and no Safety Grade. Tigard, 2 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (D).
What stands out about safety in Metzger
Policed by the county
Metzger is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Washington County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Washington County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Metzger. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Oregon towns with their own police figures are Tigard (D, 2 mi), Beaverton (C−, 3 mi), Lake Oswego (B, 4 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Metzger. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Washington County without police of their own, which include Metzger.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Washington County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Oregon towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Metzger. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Metzger.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Metzger’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Oregon towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (2.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Metzger’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Metzger’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.
Metzger and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tigard | D | 2.9 | 34.2 |
| Garden Home-Whitford | — | — | — |
| Beaverton | C− | 3.0 | 24.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Garden Home-Whitford is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Metzger
Is Metzger, OR safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Metzger. The nearest Oregon towns with a grade are Tigard (D, 2 mi), Beaverton (C−, 3 mi), Lake Oswego (B, 4 mi).
Who polices Metzger?
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Metzger is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Washington County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Metzger.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.