Crime Charts of Portland Area

The following charts were made from data provided by the Portland Police Bureau. We make no claim for its accuracy or applicability. Portland crime rates are reported by Neighborhood rather than census tract. The charts are primarily tutorial in nature, as we have had no funding to continue. The maps are dated now, but they remain excellent tutorial material. We've done a few updates, and these are available from the main crime menu page at http://www.netadventures.biz/crmemenu.htm.

More updates are coming soon and should be posted here at least by Christmas (2005). This is a popular page, so we'll try to update.

How Do We Use All This Stuff?

Example Charts - 2002

Recent and unpublished statistical crime reports: http://www.portlandonline.com/police/index.cfm?c=29831
(Recent, but these have yet to be verified by Portland Police and the Federal Government to
natinal reporting standards.)

Published reports we use for this charting and mapping: http://www.portlandonline.com/police/index.cfm?c=29863
(latest available is for 2002)

Top Ten Neighborhood Charts (2002)
(Acrobat Reader format)

Note: Charts should be working now...

Burglary
- Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods for Burglaries
- Top Ten Neighborhoods with the Least Burglaries
Murder
- Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods for Murders
Violence
(Murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault)
- Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods for Violent Crimes
- Top Ten Neighborhoods with the Least Number of Violent Crimes
Non-Violent Crimes
(Burglary, Larceny, Motor Vehicle Theft, Arson)
- Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods for Non-Violent Crimes
- Top Ten Neighborhoods with the Least Non-Violent Crimes
Auto Thefts
- Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods with the Most Auto Thefts
- Top Ten Neighborhoods with the Least Number of Auto Thefts
Crime Rate/1000 Population
- Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods for Crime Rate/1000 Population
- Top Ten Neighborhoods with the Least Crime Rate/1000
Change in Crime Rate/1000 Population 1994-2002
- Top Ten Worst Neighborhoods for Increase in Crime Rate/1000 Population
- Top Ten Neighborhoods with the Most Decrease in Crime Rate/1000

District charts and crime maps are still in process. Watch this page for more.

Notes:

Although crime data for 2005 is avaiable (http://www.portlandonline.com/police/index.cfm?c=29831),
this is not in published form yet. (This means data is not yet blessed by the local police and the Federal Government.) For comparison with 1994, we wanted "apples" to "apples" comparison, so we stated with the published data of 2002, the latest report available.
Some neighborhood boundaries changed, new neighborhoods emerged, and some neighborhorhoods (such as Buckman) split. This caues difficulties in comparing 1994 to 2002. A split neighborhood in 2002 was treated together as one for comparison purposes.
Some neighborhoods have changed districts since 1994. The charts for the districts are based on the 2002 districts, so the values for 1994 districts used in comparisons here may be different from the values for a district charted before.
The Centennial neighborhood was added in the 2002 totals for East Portland district. It was not a part of the 1994 neighborhood map and this affected the totals for the change in the East Portland District.
Rate rates for 1000 population are higher in the downtown, Lloyd Center, Old Town/Chinatown, Northwest Industrial,, and even the Hollywood areas because of their low residential popularion and high work force.
Oregon Profressional Microsystems assumes no liability on the data here and its use.

OLD CHARTS - 1994