2016–2025 · 4 published indicators
Portland
crime trends.
Portland Police Bureau offenses for assault, auto theft, burglary, and robbery.
Sources & methodologyBy category · 2025
Trends across 4 indicators
Select an indicator to explore it on the map and charts. Each mini-chart has its own scale; compare the labelled values.
Citywide · 96 neighborhoods
Assault count, 2025 · by neighborhood
Local boundaries shaded by one category at a time, in the active unit, for the selected year. Hover for a quick read; click to open the full neighborhood view.
Count by year
counts · 2016–2025 · baseline = all categoriesView chart data
Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.
| Year | Assault | All categories (baseline) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4,860 | 15,046 |
| 2017 | 5,224 | 18,065 |
| 2018 | 7,137 | 19,524 |
| 2019 | 7,331 | 19,084 |
| 2020 | 7,238 | 20,297 |
| 2021 | 7,717 | 23,342 |
| 2022 | 7,498 | 26,067 |
| 2023 | 7,380 | 21,902 |
| 2024 | 7,208 | 18,380 |
| 2025 | 7,768 | 16,622 |
How the series is built
Counts come from the Portland Police Bureau New_Offense_Data workbooks, summed by occurrence year and neighborhood. Assault is aggravated assault and simple assault. Auto theft is motor vehicle theft. Burglary and robbery use those offense types. 2026 is year-to-date, through 30 April 2026.
A repeated case and offense type keeps the newer yearly file. Intimidation stays out. Larceny stays out because the files do not publish a dollar threshold.
Population
Citywide rates use U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Portland city. Neighborhood rates use 2020 Census block-group population assigned by each block group’s internal point. Reports with no matching neighborhood stay in the city total. The boundary file spells University Park as Univerisity Park; that polygon is the one used.
3.4% of these indicator reports could not be placed in a local area and stay in the city totals only.
Reading the data
Three numbers that need context
Data summary for Portland-wide
| Year | Assault | Auto Theft | Burglary | Robbery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 75.6 | 81.9 | 60.7 | 15.8 |
| 2017 | 80.6 | 114.3 | 67.5 | 16.3 |
| 2018 | 109.6 | 107.2 | 66.5 | 16.6 |
| 2019 | 112.0 | 100.6 | 63.8 | 15.2 |
| 2020 | 110.8 | 100.5 | 84.0 | 15.5 |
| 2021 | 120.0 | 144.4 | 79.2 | 19.4 |
| 2022 | 117.9 | 174.8 | 94.6 | 22.6 |
| 2023 | 116.5 | 130.4 | 79.3 | 19.5 |
| 2024 | 113.6 | 86.3 | 72.0 | 17.8 |
| 2025 | 122.3 | 63.4 | 60.6 | 15.5 |
About this data
How to read these figures
- What does “crime” mean for Portland?
- Crime by neighborhood means the indicators Portland Police Bureau publishes for Portland (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- Police figures come from Portland Police Bureau. Area boundaries come from Portland Police Bureau · neighborhood boundaries. Rates, when a denominator exists, use U.S. Census Bureau · population and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.
- How often is this updated?
- The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.
- What does this not show?
- Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these neighborhoods. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Portland about page.