Lake Oswego, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Lake Oswego, OR Summary

Crime in Lake Oswego research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lake Oswego over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lake Oswego:

  • There were 665 total crimes committed in Lake Oswego the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,660.7 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Oswego.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Oswego is -28.55% below the national average.
  • Lake Oswego ranks #38 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Lake Oswego ranks #5,760 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Lake Oswego Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Oswego is 1,660.7 per 100,000 people. That's -28.55% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -43.72% lower than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Oswego
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 665 1,660.7 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 6.3
Robbery 3 7.5 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 19 47.4 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 32 79.9 291.9 369.8
Burglary 92 229.7 339.2 269.8
Larceny 471 1,176.2 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 70 174.8 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 633 1,580.8 2,659.0 1,954.4

Lake Oswego Crime Compared To Oregon Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Oregon.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Lake Oswego

32
Violent Crimes
79.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-78.39%
Below The National Average
  • There were 32 violent crimes in Lake Oswego in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Oswego is 79.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,251.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Oswego each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -78.39% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -72.62% lower than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Oswego

633
Property Crimes
1,580.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-19.12%
Below The National Average
  • There were 633 property crimes in Lake Oswego in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Oswego is 1,580.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 63.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Oswego each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -19.12% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -40.55% lower than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lake Oswego

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Vancouver, WA 193,273 12,006 6,211.9 5,576.1 635.9
Tigard, OR 56,550 2,282 4,035.4 3,678.2 357.2
Camas, WA 27,653 321 1,160.8 1,131.9 28.9
Tualatin, OR 27,195 1,143 4,203.0 3,941.9 261.1
West Linn, OR 26,842 310 1,154.9 1,072.9 82.0
Milwaukie, OR 20,784 305 1,467.5 1,337.6 129.9
Sherwood, OR 20,102 487 2,422.6 2,223.7 199.0
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7

Lake Oswego SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
10
Commute
8
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