CrimeMetric

Crime in Molalla, Oregon

Major crime in Molalla is 43% below the U.S. rate per resident: 43% lower for persons crimes and 43% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.7% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
57
43% below the U.S. rate
58% below the Oregon rate
down 8.7% in a year
Persons crimes
57
43% below the U.S. rate
41% below the Oregon rate
down 8.6% in a year
Property crimes
57
43% below the U.S. rate
60% below the Oregon rate
down 8.7% in a year
Social disorder
59
41% below the U.S. rate
27% below the Oregon rate
down 7.7% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 1.6 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Molalla for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Molalla

The middle half of Molalla residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 20 and 69; the typical (median) resident's is 44. The citywide figure (57) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Molalla, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5053.0%
  • 50–10029.4%
  • 100–20017.6%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm55
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am61
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm54
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am57
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.7% in a year; across Oregon it fell 6.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.7%OR -6.2%-14.3%OR -15.1%
Persons crimes-8.6%OR -4.6%-2.8%OR -4.3%
Property crimes-8.7%OR -6.5%-16.8%OR -16.7%
Social disorder-7.7%OR -5.9%-11.4%OR -9.2%

Change in expected crimes, with Oregon as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Molalla against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

1,337 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Molalla; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Winfield, KS11,167176
Fulton, NY11,18367
Molalla, OR11,17657
Andover, MA11,19338
Cumming, GA11,17321

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Molalla has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Canby (9 mi), is 16% below Molalla's rate.

Woodburn13 mi113
Silverton14 mi68
Molalla57
Canby9 mi48
West Linn15 mi41

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Molalla

What are the most common crimes in Molalla?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 42 a year), shoplifting (about 27 a year) and aggravated assault (about 13 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Molalla's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Molalla has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 11,176. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Molalla, Oregon." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/or/molalla

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100