Milwaukie, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Milwaukie, OR Summary

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

  • There were 305 total crimes committed in Milwaukie the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,467.5 total crimes per 100K people in Milwaukie.
  • The overall crime rate in Milwaukie is -36.86% below the national average.
  • Milwaukie ranks #29 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Milwaukie ranks #5,215 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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Milwaukie Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Milwaukie is 1,467.5 per 100,000 people. That's -36.86% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -50.27% lower than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Milwaukie
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 305 1,467.5 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 6.3
Robbery 2 9.6 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 21 101.0 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 27 129.9 291.9 369.8
Burglary 29 139.5 339.2 269.8
Larceny 172 827.6 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 77 370.5 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 278 1,337.6 2,659.0 1,954.4

Milwaukie 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 Milwaukie

27
Violent Crimes
129.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 27 violent crimes in Milwaukie in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Milwaukie is 129.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 769.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Milwaukie each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.87% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -55.49% lower than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Milwaukie

278
Property Crimes
1,337.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 278 property crimes in Milwaukie in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Milwaukie is 1,337.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Milwaukie each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.56% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -49.70% lower than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Milwaukie

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Portland, OR 630,129 44,585 7,075.5 6,324.4 751.1
Vancouver, WA 193,273 12,006 6,211.9 5,576.1 635.9
Lake Oswego, OR 40,044 665 1,660.7 1,580.8 79.9
Camas, WA 27,653 321 1,160.8 1,131.9 28.9
West Linn, OR 26,842 310 1,154.9 1,072.9 82.0
Washougal, WA 16,902 351 2,076.7 1,798.6 278.1
Gladstone, OR 11,946 364 3,047.0 2,846.1 200.9
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7

Milwaukie SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
5
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
8.5
Commute
6
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