Sweet Home, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Sweet Home:

  • There were 397 total crimes committed in Sweet Home the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,948.3 total crimes per 100K people in Sweet Home.
  • The overall crime rate in Sweet Home is 69.88% above the national average.
  • Sweet Home ranks #85 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Sweet Home ranks #8,924 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.

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 3,948.3 per 100,000 people. That's 69.88% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 33.80% higher than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sweet Home
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 397 3,948.3 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 6.3
Robbery 3 29.8 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 13 129.3 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 22 218.8 291.9 369.8
Burglary 48 477.4 339.2 269.8
Larceny 308 3,063.2 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 19 189.0 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 375 3,729.5 2,659.0 1,954.4

Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home

22
Violent Crimes
218.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-40.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 22 violent crimes in Sweet Home in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sweet Home is 218.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 457.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sweet Home each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -40.83% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -25.04% lower than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sweet Home

375
Property Crimes
3,729.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
90.83%
Above The National Average
  • There were 375 property crimes in Sweet Home in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sweet Home is 3,729.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 26.8 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 90.83% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 40.26% higher than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 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
Salem, OR 179,661 7,372 4,103.3 3,621.3 482.0
Eugene, OR 175,390 6,651 3,792.1 3,414.7 377.4
Springfield, OR 62,217 2,242 3,603.5 3,280.5 323.1
Corvallis, OR 60,031 2,321 3,866.3 3,659.8 206.6
Albany, OR 57,058 1,684 2,951.4 2,763.9 187.5
Keizer, OR 38,958 1,077 2,764.5 2,569.4 195.1
Lebanon, OR 19,456 279 1,434.0 1,254.1 179.9
Dallas, OR 17,622 395 2,241.5 1,963.5 278.1
Silverton, OR 10,622 155 1,459.2 1,308.6 150.6
Stayton, OR 8,162 204 2,499.4 2,254.3 245.0

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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