Photo: Hrystiv · Public domainWoodburn sees more property crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns
For every 1,000 residents, 2.6 violent crimes and 24.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Oregon, the figures are 3.9 and 30.4. Add to that, the rate the grade counts dropped 26% from 2023 to 2025. Its letter overall is C− (#47 of 74 graded towns in Oregon): more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 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 Woodburn
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Woodburn’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 36% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 21% 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 Woodburn’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 (2.6) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Woodburn property | Rest of Oregon property | Woodburn violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 26.2 | 32.9 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 28.9 | 30.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 20.1 | 27.5 | 1.8 | 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 Woodburn 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 2 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 | Woodburn | Rest of Oregon | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Woodburn’s police reported 233 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
693 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.
58 violent and 635 property, as reported to the FBI by Woodburn’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Woodburn’s roads in 2019–2023
Woodburn had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Woodburn’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Woodburn’s own rate (3.6) 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.
Woodburn and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodburn | C− | 2.6 | 24.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodburn | C− | 2.6 | 24.9 |
| West Linn | B+ | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Oregon City | C+ | 2.4 | 12.3 |
| McMinnville | C+ | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| Forest Grove | C | 3.8 | 12.8 |
| Tualatin | C− | 2.1 | 28.3 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Woodburn’s population (31,948), 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 Woodburn. 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 Woodburn’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,663 in 2025); our figure for Woodburn is 31,948 (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 Woodburn
Is Woodburn, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Woodburn reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #47 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 2.6 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 Woodburn?
2.6 violent and 24.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.9 and 30.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Woodburn in 2025?
Woodburn’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Woodburn?
Woodburn’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woodburn”. 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.