Photo: Tesint at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0West Linn sees less violent crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 23% from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, in a usual year, 0.5 violent crime and 9.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Oregon, 3.9 and 30.6. West Linn’s overall Safety Grade is B+ (#2 of 74 graded towns in Oregon): less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 West Linn
West Linn reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 Oregon towns on West Linn’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Lake Oswego (B), Oregon City (C+), Gladstone (C+). Stafford, Oak Grove and Jennings Lodge are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Oregon towns, higher
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so West Linn’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 97% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 72% 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 West Linn’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | West Linn | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Linn’s police reported 37 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | West Linn property | Rest of Oregon property | West Linn violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.7 | 36.7 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 10.7 | 33.1 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 31.1 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 27.6 | 0.3 | 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.
Crime in West Linn 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
228 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.
8 violent and 220 property, as reported to the FBI by West Linn’s police.
Three people died in crashes on West Linn’s roads in 2019–2023
West Linn had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for Oregon towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of West Linn’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Linn’s own rate (2.2) 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.
West Linn and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Linn | B+ | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Stafford | — | — | — |
| Lake Oswego | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Oak Grove | — | — | — |
| Oregon City | C+ | 2.4 | 12.3 |
| Jennings Lodge | — | — | — |
| Gladstone | C+ | 1.7 | 16.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stafford, Oak Grove and Jennings Lodge are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Linn | B+ | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Milwaukie | C+ | 2.1 | 13.6 |
| Forest Grove | C | 3.8 | 12.8 |
| Tualatin | C− | 2.1 | 28.3 |
| Klamath Falls | D | 5.1 | 26.3 |
| Roseburg | D | 3.1 | 41.0 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to West Linn’s population (26,567), 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 West Linn. 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 West Linn’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,407 in 2025); our figure for West Linn is 26,567 (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 West Linn
Is West Linn, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Linn reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #2 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 0.5 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 West Linn?
0.5 violent and 9.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.9 and 30.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in West Linn in 2025?
West Linn’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is West Linn safer than Lake Oswego?
Lake Oswego reports more crime per resident than West Linn: Lake Oswego grades B for safety and West Linn B+. Lake Oswego’s police reported 0.6 violent and 11.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Linn?
West Linn’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Linn”. 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.