What is the crime rate in St. Helens, OR?

In 2025, the St. Helens Police Department reported 42 violent crimes and 142 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 288 violent and 972 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,602 residents it serves.

Across Oregon the rates were 319 and 2,184.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 288
Property per 100,000: 972
Violent crimes: 42
Property crimes: 142

Crime reported by the St. Helens Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	43	294	150	1,027	14,603
2024	40	274	138	944	14,616
2025	42	288	142	972	14,602

Violent crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 42 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 150 in 2023 to 142 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

St. Helens against Oregon and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
St. Helens	288	972
Oregon	319	2,184
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near St. Helens, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
St. Helens	—	288	972
Columbia City	3.0 mi	0	258
Woodland	5.3 mi	123	1,388
La Center	6.8 mi	64	552
Scappoose	7.3 mi	60	1,211
Ridgefield	7.5 mi	66	1,062
Kalama	11 mi	95	946
Battle Ground	14 mi	140	710
Rainier	16 mi	0	1,238

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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