Vernonia, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Vernonia, OR Summary

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

  • There were 9 total crimes committed in Vernonia the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 389.8 total crimes per 100K people in Vernonia.
  • The overall crime rate in Vernonia is -83.23% below the national average.
  • Vernonia ranks #2 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Vernonia ranks #1,399 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

Vernonia Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Vernonia is 389.8 per 100,000 people. That's -83.23% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -86.79% lower than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Vernonia
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 9 389.8 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.9 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 2 86.6 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 2 86.6 291.9 369.8
Burglary 1 43.3 339.2 269.8
Larceny 5 216.5 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 1 43.3 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 7 303.2 2,659.0 1,954.4

Vernonia 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 Vernonia

2
Violent Crimes
86.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-76.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Vernonia in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Vernonia is 86.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,154.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Vernonia each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -76.58% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -70.32% lower than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Vernonia

7
Property Crimes
303.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-84.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 property crimes in Vernonia in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Vernonia is 303.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 329.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Vernonia each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -84.49% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -88.60% lower than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Vernonia

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Vancouver, WA 193,273 12,006 6,211.9 5,576.1 635.9
Longview, WA 37,768 1,826 4,834.8 4,485.3 349.5
Battle Ground, WA 21,385 366 1,711.5 1,557.2 154.3
Washougal, WA 16,902 351 2,076.7 1,798.6 278.1
St. Helens, OR 14,356 204 1,421.0 1,142.4 278.6
Kelso, WA 12,723 646 5,077.4 4,668.7 408.7
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7
Scappoose, OR 8,102 121 1,493.5 1,345.3 148.1
Woodland, WA 6,544 218 3,331.3 3,147.9 183.4
Kalama, WA 3,061 84 2,744.2 2,613.5 130.7

Vernonia SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
6
Education
6
Commute
2
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