Portland, OR crime rate
In 2025 the Portland Police Bureau reported 702.3 violent crimes and 5,113.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Oregon and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Portland compare with Oregon and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Portland only.
What offenses were reported in Portland, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Oregon | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 4,435 | 702.3 | 311.2 | 327.6 | down 4.1% | down 7.9% |
| Murder | 50 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | down 27.5% | down 38.8% |
| Rape | 320 | 50.7 | 38.8 | 36.1 | down 5.9% | down 7.0% |
| Robbery | 965 | 152.8 | 50.5 | 49.4 | down 14.4% | down 12.9% |
| Aggravated assault | 3,100 | 490.9 | 219.0 | 238.0 | up 0.4% | down 5.5% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 32,288 | 5,113.0 | 2,118.0 | 1,534.8 | down 8.8% | down 11.4% |
| Burglary | 3,825 | 605.7 | 247.3 | 193.6 | down 18.8% | down 15.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 24,137 | 3,822.3 | 1,655.8 | 1,144.1 | down 3.0% | up 5.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,004 | 634.1 | 214.9 | 197.0 | down 28.1% | down 53.7% |
| Arson | 322 | 51.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 20.3% | down 1.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Portland Police Bureau and sent to the FBI. Oregon and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Portland | United States | Oregon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 762.4 | 387.0 | 341.3 |
| 2022 | 780.8 | 388.7 | 349.4 |
| 2023 | 732.9 | 379.5 | 332.0 |
| 2024 | 732.3 | 362.9 | 337.9 |
| 2025 | 702.3 | 327.6 | 311.2 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Portland | United States | Oregon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,772.7 | 1,832.3 | 2,690.9 |
| 2022 | 6,478.0 | 1,973.8 | 2,950.3 |
| 2023 | 5,945.7 | 1,934.1 | 2,601.9 |
| 2024 | 5,609.4 | 1,761.1 | 2,409.2 |
| 2025 | 5,113.0 | 1,534.8 | 2,118.0 |
Is Portland safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Portland Police Bureau reported, 702.3 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Oregon's 311.2, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 4.1% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In Portland, violent crimes reported to the FBI for 2025 totaled 4,435, which is 702.3 per 100,000 residents covered by the Portland Police Bureau. The rate was 2.3 times the Oregon estimate of 311.2 and 2.1 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime came to 5,113.0 per 100,000, 2.4 times the state's 2,118.0 and 3.3 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 4.1% from 2024 and 7.9% from 2021, when it was 762.4. Property crime fell 8.8% from 2024 and 11.4% from 2021. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses in both periods, 27.5% from 2024 and 38.8% from 2021, to 7.9 per 100,000, or 50 homicides.
Aggravated assault was nearly unchanged from 2024, up 0.4%, and made up 70% of violent crime. Robbery, at 152.8 per 100,000, was 3.1 times the US rate. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in both periods: 53.7% since 2021 and 28.1% since 2024, to 634.1 per 100,000.
Larceny-theft rose 5.2% from 2021 and made up 75% of property crime. All 12 months were reported in each of the 5 years shown, and the department has reported to NIBRS since 2015. The Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington County sheriff's offices and the Port of Portland report separately.
The department had 1.78 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.78 per 1,000 residents (814 officers, 312 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Portland Police Bureau (listed by the FBI as Portland Police Department; agency name) (ORI OR0260200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Oregon and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OR0260200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Portland Police Department (OR0260200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_OR0260200__from-2021-to-2025.json)