Photo: M.O. Stevens · Public domainIn Sherwood, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 47% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime is lower than in 69% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in only 35%. Violence and property crime split as 0.9 violent crime and 15.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.9 and 30.5 in the rest of Oregon. By contrast, the overall Safety Grade is B− (#17 of 74 graded towns in Oregon), which means close to the middle of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
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 Sherwood
Sherwood reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Oregon towns on Sherwood’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Tualatin (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Sherwood’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 77% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 49% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Sherwood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Sherwood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sherwood property | Rest of Oregon property | Sherwood violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.2 | 36.6 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 32.9 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 15.2 | 31.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 27.5 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oregon.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Sherwood | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sherwood’s police reported 57 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Sherwood 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.
229 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.
12 violent and 217 property, as reported to the FBI by Sherwood’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Sherwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Sherwood had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 3 were pedestrians.
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 Sherwood’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sherwood’s own rate (3.9) 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.
Sherwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood | B− | 0.9 | 15.3 |
| Lebanon | B | 1.5 | 9.2 |
| Central Point | B | 1.6 | 10.4 |
| Ashland | C+ | 2.1 | 16.0 |
| Hermiston | D | 2.8 | 31.7 |
| Klamath Falls | D | 5.1 | 26.3 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Sherwood’s population (20,535), 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 Sherwood. 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 Sherwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,439 in 2025); our figure for Sherwood is 20,535 (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 Sherwood
Is Sherwood, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sherwood reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #17 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 0.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Sherwood?
0.9 violent and 15.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.9 and 30.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Sherwood safer than Tualatin?
Tualatin reports more crime per resident than Sherwood: Tualatin grades C− for safety and Sherwood B−. Tualatin’s police reported 2.1 violent and 28.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sherwood?
Sherwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sherwood”. 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.