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Safety in Rockcreek · Not graded

Policing Rockcreek: who reports, and what

There are 5 graded towns within 10 miles. Hillsboro, 3 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C−). Rockcreek 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 Rockcreek alone, and no Safety Grade.

Violent crimes
481
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
2,021
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
3 mi
Hillsboro (C−)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Rockcreek

Policed by the county

Rockcreek 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 Rockcreek. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Oregon towns with their own police figures are Hillsboro (C−, 3 mi), Beaverton (C−, 6 mi), North Plains (B+, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rockcreek. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Rockcreek

What the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reports

Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Washington County without police of their own, which include Rockcreek.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

Oregon State Police

Also reports crimes in Washington County to the FBI.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Larceny / theft1,513
Burglary291
Vehicle theft217
Aggravated assault324
Robbery51
Rape106
Homicide0
Arson25

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.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Oregon towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
HillsboroC−3 mi3.022.9
BeavertonC−6 mi3.024.1
North PlainsB+7 mi1.27.4
CorneliusC+9 mi2.714.1
TigardD10 mi2.934.2
King CityB+11 mi0.97.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Rockcreek. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rockcreek.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Rockcreek’s roads in 2019–2023

Rockcreek had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.

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 Rockcreek’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rockcreek’s own rate (4.3) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
4.3
per 100,000 a year · Oregon towns of 5,000–25,000: 3.5

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.

Next door

Rockcreek and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
HillsboroC−3.022.9
Oak Hills———
BeavertonC−3.024.1

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Oak Hills 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.

How to read these numbers

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 Rockcreek

Is Rockcreek, OR safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Rockcreek. The nearest Oregon towns with a grade are Hillsboro (C−, 3 mi), Beaverton (C−, 6 mi), North Plains (B+, 7 mi).

Who polices Rockcreek?

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Rockcreek is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Washington County without police of their own.

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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.