Medford, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Medford, OR Summary

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

  • There were 3,889 total crimes committed in Medford the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,476.5 total crimes per 100K people in Medford.
  • The overall crime rate in Medford is 92.60% above the national average.
  • Medford ranks #96 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Medford ranks #9,211 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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Medford Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Medford is 4,476.5 per 100,000 people. That's 92.60% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 51.70% higher than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Medford
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,889 4,476.5 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 2 2.3 2.9 6.3
Robbery 76 87.5 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 199 229.1 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 323 371.8 291.9 369.8
Burglary 337 387.9 339.2 269.8
Larceny 2,866 3,299.0 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 363 417.8 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 3,566 4,104.7 2,659.0 1,954.4

Medford 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 Medford

323
Violent Crimes
371.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
0.54%
Above The National Average
  • There were 323 violent crimes in Medford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Medford is 371.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 269.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Medford each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's 0.54% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 27.38% higher than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Medford

3,566
Property Crimes
4,104.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
110.02%
Above The National Average
  • There were 3,566 property crimes in Medford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Medford is 4,104.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 24.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Medford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 110.02% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 54.37% higher than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Medford

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Grants Pass, OR 39,519 1,709 4,324.5 3,955.1 369.4
Ashland, OR 21,797 567 2,601.3 2,436.1 165.2
Central Point, OR 19,670 313 1,591.3 1,454.0 137.3
Eagle Point, OR 10,035 180 1,793.7 1,634.3 159.4
Yreka, CA 7,865 488 6,204.7 4,704.4 1,500.3
Talent, OR 6,767 69 1,019.7 931.0 88.7
Phoenix, OR 4,051 144 3,554.7 3,357.2 197.5
Jacksonville, OR 3,011 39 1,295.3 1,162.4 132.8

Medford SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
7
Commute
9
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