CrimeMetric

Crime in Seaside, Oregon

Major crime in Seaside is 2.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 13% higher for persons crimes and 2.9 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
257
2.6 times the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Oregon rate
down 7.4% in a year
Persons crimes
113
13% above the U.S. rate
17% above the Oregon rate
down 5.4% in a year
Property crimes
289
2.9 times the U.S. rate
2.0 times the Oregon rate
down 7.5% in a year
Social disorder
126
26% above the U.S. rate
1.5 times the Oregon rate
down 5.5% 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

Other larceny stands out most, at 5.1 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Seaside 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 Seaside

The middle half of Seaside residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 92 and 313; the typical (median) resident's is 217. The citywide figure (257) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Seaside, 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.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10033.8%
  • 100–20014.2%
  • 200–40030.5%
  • 400+21.5%

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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm328
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am188
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm287
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am172
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.4% in a year; across Oregon it fell 6.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.4%OR -6.2%-16.8%OR -15.1%
Persons crimes-5.4%OR -4.6%-4.8%OR -4.3%
Property crimes-7.5%OR -6.5%-17.8%OR -16.7%
Social disorder-5.5%OR -5.9%-8.6%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

Seaside against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

57 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Seaside; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Seaside has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Warrenton (14 mi), is 30% below Seaside's rate.

Seaside257
Warrenton14 mi179
Longview, WA46 mi177
Tillamook36 mi116
Astoria14 mi101
Kelso, WA49 mi95
Vernonia32 mi39

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

Questions about crime in Seaside

What are the most common crimes in Seaside?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 160 a year), shoplifting (about 46 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 29 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 5.1 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. Seaside's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Seaside 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: 6,347. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100