Who reports crime for Saunders Lake
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is North Bend (C−), 8 miles away. Saunders Lake has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Coos County. The Coos 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 Saunders Lake alone, and no Safety Grade. There are 2 graded towns within 10 miles.
What stands out about safety in Saunders Lake
Policed by the county
Saunders Lake is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Coos County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Coos County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Saunders Lake. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Oregon towns with their own police figures are North Bend (C−, 8 mi), Coos Bay (D−, 10 mi), Reedsport (C+, 13 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Saunders Lake. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Coos County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Coos County without police of their own, which include Saunders Lake.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Coos County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Coos 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 Saunders Lake. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Saunders Lake.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Saunders Lake’s roads in 2019–2023
Saunders Lake had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is more than 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 Saunders Lake’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Saunders Lake’s own rate (44.8) 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.
Saunders Lake and its neighbors
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Saunders Lake
Is Saunders Lake, OR safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Saunders Lake. The nearest Oregon towns with a grade are North Bend (C−, 8 mi), Coos Bay (D−, 10 mi), Reedsport (C+, 13 mi).
Who polices Saunders Lake?
The Coos County Sheriff’s Office. Saunders Lake is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Coos County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Saunders Lake.
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.