Lents, Portland, OR Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Lents in green. The most dangerous areas in Lents are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Lents, Portland, OR Safe from Murder?

The C- grade means the rate of murder is slightly higher than the average US neighborhood. Lents is in the 35th percentile for safety, meaning 65% of neighborhoods are safer and 35% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Lents's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in Lents is 0.0909 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Lents generally consider the southeast part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Lents may be as high as 1 in 8,290 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 14,592 in the southeast part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the northeast parts of Lents, Portland, OR: about 0 per year. The east part of Lents has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Lents's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Lents to the Oregon state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Lents is less safe than the Oregon state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Lents, Portland, OR

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Lents about $3,753,042 in 2025, or roughly $171 per resident. This is part of Lents's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Lents, including every crime type and how Lents compares to other neighborhoods.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Lents's crime maps on the Lents overall crime page.

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Individual Lents Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of murder in Lents is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Lents.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Mount Scott, Portland, OR	D	B-	D	D+
Brentwood-Darlington, Portland, OR	D+	B-	D+	C+
Foster-Powell, Portland, OR	D	C+	D	D
Powellhurst-Gilbert, Portland, OR	D	B-	D-	C-
West Mt. Scott, Happy Valley, OR	C-	A-	D+	A-
South Tabor, Portland, OR	D	C	D	D
Errol Heights, Portland, OR	D+	C+	D+	C
Woodstock, Portland, OR	C-	B	C-	C-
Southgate, Portland, OR	F	C-	F	B+
Pleasant Valley, Portland, OR	C+	A	C	C+

Murder in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Lents is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Bay Terraces, San Diego, CA	A-	B+	B+	C+
Bear Creek, Stockton, CA	B	D	D	D
Brightwood, Washington, DC	D+	D+	D+	F
Central Arlington, Arlington, TX	D	D	D	B
Central, Boston, MA	D+	D-	D-	B-
Charles Village, Baltimore, MD	D	F	F	C-
Chevy Chase, Washington, DC	C-	C+	C+	F
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu, HI	B	A-	A-	A
Dorchester Heights, Boston, MA	B	C+	C+	B+
Downtown Stamford, Stamford, CT	B	A+	A+	B-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Lents, Portland, OR average SchoolGrade of D+, with 30% actual proficiency versus 41% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Lents schools on SchoolGrade

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