Cottage Grove, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Cottage Grove, OR Summary

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

  • There were 131 total crimes committed in Cottage Grove the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,233.3 total crimes per 100K people in Cottage Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Cottage Grove is -46.94% below the national average.
  • Cottage Grove ranks #15 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Cottage Grove ranks #4,500 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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Cottage Grove Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cottage Grove is 1,233.3 per 100,000 people. That's -46.94% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -58.21% lower than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cottage Grove
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 131 1,233.3 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 6.3
Robbery 1 9.4 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 29 273.0 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 31 291.8 291.9 369.8
Burglary 9 84.7 339.2 269.8
Larceny 86 809.6 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 47.1 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 100 941.4 2,659.0 1,954.4

Cottage Grove 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 Cottage Grove

31
Violent Crimes
291.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-21.08%
Below The National Average
  • There were 31 violent crimes in Cottage Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cottage Grove is 291.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 342.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cottage Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -21.08% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -0.01% lower than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cottage Grove

100
Property Crimes
941.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-51.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 100 property crimes in Cottage Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cottage Grove is 941.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 106.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cottage Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -51.83% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -64.59% lower than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cottage Grove

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Roseburg, OR 23,973 1,223 5,101.6 4,747.0 354.6
Sweet Home, OR 10,055 397 3,948.3 3,729.5 218.8
Sutherlin, OR 8,662 222 2,562.9 2,285.8 277.1
Winston, OR 5,701 111 1,947.0 1,841.8 105.2
Coburg, OR 1,156 24 2,076.1 1,730.1 346.0

Cottage Grove SnackAbility

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