Gresham, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Gresham, OR Summary

Crime in Gresham research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gresham over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Gresham:

  • There were 3,772 total crimes committed in Gresham the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,380.2 total crimes per 100K people in Gresham.
  • The overall crime rate in Gresham is 45.44% above the national average.
  • Gresham ranks #76 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Gresham ranks #8,510 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Gresham Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gresham is 3,380.2 per 100,000 people. That's 45.44% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 14.55% higher than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gresham
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,772 3,380.2 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 10 9.0 2.9 6.3
Robbery 132 118.3 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 288 258.1 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 485 434.6 291.9 369.8
Burglary 448 401.5 339.2 269.8
Larceny 1,690 1,514.5 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 1,149 1,029.7 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 3,287 2,945.6 2,659.0 1,954.4

Gresham Crime Compared To Oregon Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Oregon.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Gresham

485
Violent Crimes
434.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
17.53%
Above The National Average
  • There were 485 violent crimes in Gresham in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gresham is 434.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 230.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gresham each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's 17.53% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 48.91% higher than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gresham

3,287
Property Crimes
2,945.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
50.72%
Above The National Average
  • There were 3,287 property crimes in Gresham in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gresham is 2,945.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 33.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gresham each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 50.72% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 10.78% higher than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gresham

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Vancouver, WA 193,273 12,006 6,211.9 5,576.1 635.9
Lake Oswego, OR 40,044 665 1,660.7 1,580.8 79.9
Camas, WA 27,653 321 1,160.8 1,131.9 28.9
Battle Ground, WA 21,385 366 1,711.5 1,557.2 154.3
Washougal, WA 16,902 351 2,076.7 1,798.6 278.1
Oregon, WI 11,538 82 710.7 624.0 86.7

Gresham SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
10
Education
6
Commute
5
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