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Kerns.

Population 6,382. 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 →

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ASSAULT · 2025

118incidents

vs. 2024▲ 16.8%

vs. 10-yr avg▲ 55.9%

vs. Portland (rate)▲ 51%

§ 01 · Trend · Kerns

Assault count, by reported year

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Assault · Kerns

counts · 2016 – 2025 · 10 reported years

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Kerns assault yearly trend · incident counts · 2016–2025
Year	Kerns
2016	44
2017	63
2018	82
2019	70
2020	72
2021	79
2022	63
2023	65
2024	101
2025	118

Categories in scope · small multiples

Selected window · 2016 – 2025

Assault

118

'16▲ 168%'25

Auto Theft

101

'16▲ 25%'25

Burglary

'16▼ 9%'25

Robbery

'16▲ +6small base'25

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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.

Kerns category trends · incident counts · 2016–2025
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2016	44	81	82	6
2017	63	116	100	9
2018	82	104	80	11
2019	70	102	83	3
2020	72	119	130	6
2021	79	164	106	16
2022	63	253	133	20
2023	65	145	135	12
2024	101	106	103	21
2025	118	101	75	12

Where it sits in Portland

How Kerns compares with nearby neighborhoods

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Kerns

Area kerns · POP 6,382

Map: Portland Police Bureau neighborhood boundaries · 2020 Census population. This city does not yet have a packaged street map.

Neighborhood	Area	Population	Assault count	2025 count	'16 → '25
Portland · city-wide	—	635,109	7,768	7,768	▲ 60%
Kerns ◀	kerns	6,382	118	118	▲ 168%
Sullivan's Gulch	sullivan-s-gulch	4,104	34	34	▲ 6%
Buckman East	buckman-east	9,585	96	96	▲ 210%
Irvington	irvington	4,679	30	30	▲ 25%
Laurelhurst	laurelhurst	5,123	7	7	▼ −2 small base
Lloyd	lloyd	3,882	192	192	▲ 96%
Buckman West	buckman-west	2,138	158	158	▲ 50%
Hollywood	hollywood	3,281	41	41	▲ 86%
Hosford-Abernethy	hosford-abernethy	6,285	75	75	▲ 103%

Data summary for Kerns

Kerns: rate per 10,000 residents by category, 2016–2025. A dash means unavailable.
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2016	68.9	126.9	128.5	9.4
2017	98.7	181.8	156.7	14.1
2018	128.5	163.0	125.3	17.2
2019	109.7	159.8	130.1	4.7
2020	112.8	186.5	203.7	9.4
2021	123.8	257.0	166.1	25.1
2022	98.7	396.4	208.4	31.3
2023	101.8	227.2	211.5	18.8
2024	158.3	166.1	161.4	32.9
2025	184.9	158.3	117.5	18.8