Crime rate & statistics
Portland Crime Rate & Safety Statistics
How Portland's reported crime stacks up against national benchmarks, broken down so the numbers actually mean something.
Key indices
Portland crime at a glance
Index values are scaled so that 100 equals the U.S. average.
Your odds
Estimated victimization risk
Calibrated against national benchmark rates and expressed as everyday odds.
Trend
Is crime rising or falling in Portland?
Reported incidents per month over the most recent year of data.
Context
How to read these numbers
Portland's property crime rate sits well above the national norm, with vehicle-related theft a persistent driver, while violent crime stays closer to typical big-city levels. The averages hide enormous spread: a few central corridors carry a disproportionate share of the total.
We convert Portland's reported incidents into estimated rates per 100,000 residents, then restate them as plain odds — such as a roughly “1 in N” annual chance for a household. Index values are set so that 100 matches the national average, and each neighborhood receives a letter grade fitted to an A-to-F curve calibrated across U.S. cities.