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Cottage Grove, OR crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in Cottage Grove is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 20 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Cottage Grove is 1 in 49. Based on FBI crime data, Cottage Grove is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Oregon, Cottage Grove has a crime rate that is higher than 75% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Cottage Grove to other communities of similar population, then Cottage Grove crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Cottage Grove does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Cottage Grove does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Cottage Grove.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Cottage Grove occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Cottage Grove; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 272. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Cottage Grove's rate for property crime is 17 per one thousand population. This makes Cottage Grove a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Cottage Grove is one in 60.

Cottage Grove Crime Data

total Crime Index

20

(100 is safest)


Safer than 20% of U.S. cities.

Cottage Grove Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

39

176

215

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.67

16.57

20.24

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.67
3.26
National Median: 4
    Cottage Grove
    Oregon

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 272

in Cottage Grove

1 in 306

in Oregon

Cottage Grove Violent Crimes

Population: 10,623
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 9 3 27
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.85 0.28 2.54

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
16.57
25.91
National Median: 19
    Cottage Grove
    Oregon

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 60

in Cottage Grove

1 in 39

in Oregon

Property Crimes

Population: 10,623
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 17 148 11
Rate per 1,000 1.60 13.93 1.04

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Cottage Grove Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
57
55
National Median: 26.5
    Cottage Grove
    Oregon

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