Downtown.
Population 14,404. Citywide rates use Census Bureau estimates for Portland city. Neighborhood rates use a fixed 2020 Census allocation. One of 96 Portland neighborhoods. About the rates →
ASSAULT · 2025
551incidents
vs. 2024▼ 6.1%
vs. 10-yr avg▲ 0.3%
vs. Portland (rate)▲ 213%
§ 01 · Trend · Downtown
Assault count, by reported year
The solid line shows Downtown. Switch to rates to add the dashed Portland-wide baseline on a comparable per-capita scale.
Primary
Assault · Downtown
counts · 2016 – 2025 · 10 reported years● DowntownCity overlay hidden in counts mode (different scale; switch to rate to compare).
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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.
| Year | Downtown |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 360 |
| 2017 | 439 |
| 2018 | 567 |
| 2019 | 605 |
| 2020 | 536 |
| 2021 | 574 |
| 2022 | 608 |
| 2023 | 666 |
| 2024 | 587 |
| 2025 | 551 |
Categories in scope · small multiples
Selected window · 2016 – 2025Assault
551
'16▲ 53%'25
Auto Theft
132
'16▲ 8%'25
Burglary
111
'16▲ 12%'25
Robbery
97
'16▲ 1%'25
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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.
| Year | Assault | Auto Theft | Burglary | Robbery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 360 | 122 | 99 | 96 |
| 2017 | 439 | 121 | 113 | 92 |
| 2018 | 567 | 145 | 144 | 95 |
| 2019 | 605 | 159 | 141 | 80 |
| 2020 | 536 | 127 | 306 | 113 |
| 2021 | 574 | 190 | 259 | 96 |
| 2022 | 608 | 264 | 263 | 120 |
| 2023 | 666 | 289 | 236 | 125 |
| 2024 | 587 | 189 | 191 | 110 |
| 2025 | 551 | 132 | 111 | 97 |
Where it sits in Portland
How Downtown compares with nearby neighborhoods
Downtown on the city map, then a table of nearby neighborhoods showing
Data summary for Downtown
| Year | Assault | Auto Theft | Burglary | Robbery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 249.9 | 84.7 | 68.7 | 66.7 |
| 2017 | 304.8 | 84.0 | 78.5 | 63.9 |
| 2018 | 393.6 | 100.7 | 100.0 | 66.0 |
| 2019 | 420.0 | 110.4 | 97.9 | 55.5 |
| 2020 | 372.1 | 88.2 | 212.4 | 78.5 |
| 2021 | 398.5 | 131.9 | 179.8 | 66.7 |
| 2022 | 422.1 | 183.3 | 182.6 | 83.3 |
| 2023 | 462.4 | 200.6 | 163.8 | 86.8 |
| 2024 | 407.5 | 131.2 | 132.6 | 76.4 |
| 2025 | 382.5 | 91.6 | 77.1 | 67.3 |