Sweet Home, OR Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sweet Home, OR Summary

Crime in Sweet Home research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home:

  • There were 294 total crimes committed in Sweet Home in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,847.5 total crimes per 100K people in Sweet Home.
  • The overall crime rate in Sweet Home is 34.36% above the national average.
  • Sweet Home ranks #74 safest out of 96 cities in Oregon.
  • Sweet Home ranks #8,445 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.

Additional research about crime in Oregon

Sweet Home Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sweet Home is 2,847.5 per 100,000 people. That's 34.36% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 4.72% higher than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,719.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sweet Home
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 294 2,847.5 2,719.1 2,119.2
Murder 1 9.7 3.7 5.0
Robbery 2 19.4 57.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 11 106.5 229.1 256.0
Violent Crime 18 174.3 331.0 359.0
Burglary 36 348.7 306.5 229.0
Larceny 228 2,208.2 1,789.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 116.2 292.1 259.0
Property Crime 276 2,673.1 2,388.0 1,760.0

Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home

18
Violent Crimes
174.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-51.44%
Below The National Average
  • There were 18 violent crimes in Sweet Home in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sweet Home is 174.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 573.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sweet Home each year. That compares to a 1 in 302.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -51.44% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.34% lower than the Oregon violent crime rate of 331.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sweet Home

276
Property Crimes
2,673.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
51.88%
Above The National Average
  • There were 276 property crimes in Sweet Home in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sweet Home is 2,673.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 37.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sweet Home each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 51.88% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 11.94% higher than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,388.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sweet Home

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Eugene, OR 178,057 6,363 3,573.6 3,255.7 317.9
Salem, OR 177,936 5,935 3,335.5 2,803.3 532.2
Corvallis, OR 61,474 1,657 2,695.4 2,511.6 183.8
Springfield, OR 60,830 1,884 3,097.2 2,791.4 305.8
Albany, OR 57,179 1,159 2,027.0 1,831.1 195.9
Keizer, OR 38,310 788 2,056.9 1,910.7 146.2
Lebanon, OR 20,144 241 1,196.4 1,052.4 144.0
Dallas, OR 17,869 419 2,344.8 2,081.8 263.0
Silverton, OR 10,622 155 1,459.2 1,308.6 150.6
Stayton, OR 8,222 186 2,262.2 1,970.3 291.9

Sweet Home SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
5
Diversity
6
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
3
Commute
7
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