St. Helens, OR Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In St. Helens, OR Summary

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

  • There were 175 total crimes committed in St. Helens in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,197.3 total crimes per 100K people in St. Helens.
  • The overall crime rate in St. Helens is -43.50% below the national average.
  • St. Helens ranks #31 safest out of 96 cities in Oregon.
  • St. Helens ranks #5,122 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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St. Helens Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in St. Helens is 1,197.3 per 100,000 people. That's -43.50% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -55.97% lower than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,719.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
St. Helens
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 175 1,197.3 2,719.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.7 5.0
Robbery 1 6.8 57.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 34 232.6 229.1 256.0
Violent Crime 40 273.7 331.0 359.0
Burglary 32 218.9 306.5 229.0
Larceny 93 636.3 1,789.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 10 68.4 292.1 259.0
Property Crime 135 923.6 2,388.0 1,760.0

St. Helens Crime Compared To Oregon Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Oregon.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In St. Helens

40
Violent Crimes
273.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-23.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 40 violent crimes in St. Helens in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in St. Helens is 273.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 365.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in St. Helens each year. That compares to a 1 in 302.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -23.77% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -17.33% lower than the Oregon violent crime rate of 331.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In St. Helens

135
Property Crimes
923.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-47.52%
Below The National Average
  • There were 135 property crimes in St. Helens in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in St. Helens is 923.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 108.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in St. Helens each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -47.52% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -61.32% lower than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,388.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around St. Helens

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Vancouver, WA 198,194 7,907 3,989.5 3,407.3 582.3
Battle Ground, WA 22,780 254 1,115.0 1,036.0 79.0
Ridgefield, WA 16,769 194 1,156.9 1,073.4 83.5
Kelso, WA 12,620 273 2,163.2 1,933.4 229.8
Columbia, PA 10,445 243 2,326.5 2,029.7 296.8
Scappoose, OR 8,337 104 1,247.5 1,199.5 48.0
Woodland, WA 6,477 183 2,825.4 2,701.9 123.5
La Center, WA 4,707 29 616.1 552.4 63.7

St. Helens SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
7
Safety
7
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
4
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