Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 3.0More property crime is recorded per resident in Phoenix than in 89% of U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Phoenix scores C− (#54 of 74 graded towns in Oregon): more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Even so, the local count comes to 2.5 violent crimes and 27.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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 Phoenix
Phoenix reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Oregon towns on Phoenix’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Medford (D). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Phoenix’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 (2.5) 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.
Crime in Phoenix 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 3 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 | Phoenix | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Phoenix’s police reported 33 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Phoenix property | Rest of Oregon property | Phoenix violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.6 | 36.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 28.2 | 32.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 33.2 | 30.8 | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 22.0 | 27.4 | 2.8 | 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.
114 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.
13 violent and 101 property, as reported to the FBI by Phoenix’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Phoenix’s roads in 2019–2023
Phoenix had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Phoenix’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Phoenix’s own rate (13.7) 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.
Phoenix and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | C− | 2.5 | 27.7 |
| King City | B+ | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| Boardman | B− | 2.3 | 11.1 |
| Winston | C+ | 1.1 | 19.4 |
| Reedsport | C+ | 2.4 | 15.2 |
| Tillamook | C− | 3.1 | 25.8 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Phoenix’s population (4,920), 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 Phoenix. 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 Phoenix’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,594 in 2025); our figure for Phoenix is 4,920 (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 Phoenix
Is Phoenix, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Phoenix reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #54 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 2.5 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 Phoenix?
2.5 violent and 27.7 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 Phoenix safer than Medford?
Medford reports more crime per resident than Phoenix: Medford grades D for safety and Phoenix C−. Medford’s police reported 4.3 violent and 37.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Phoenix?
Phoenix’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Phoenix”. 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.