Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in Oregon, with 114,200 residents in Washington County, about 13 miles west of downtown Portland · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Hillsboro?
Hillsboro earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Theft makes up 64% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 739 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Hillsboro as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hillsboro scores 739.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Hillsboro, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hillsboro, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Hillsboro
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Property crime in Hillsboro runs 29% above the US rate, but car thefts run 32% below it: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Arsons run high for a city with a B for property crime. Hillsboro has 0.29 arsons a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 0.11.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Hillsboro
Most of Hillsboro grades well for property crime: 74% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Hillsboro run from A+ to F.
74%16%10%
A or B 74%C 16%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
3Industrial District, westCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Hillsboro.C+502
Neighborhood areas of Hillsboro, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Hillsboro?
Reported property crime in Hillsboro has risen 19% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 20 to 24 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
HillsboroUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hillsboro. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Hillsboro
Property, US
2016
-2%
+15%
2017
+0%
+12%
2018
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
-8%
2021
+7%
-10%
2022
+27%
-6%
2023
+24%
-7%
2024
+19%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Hillsboro
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hillsboro has about 31 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% more than the US as a whole and close to Oregon.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Hillsboro, about 64% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Hillsboro
Hillsboro has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hillsboro, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 41% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (28%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Hillsboro and nearby cities
Hillsboro has more property crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities. North Plains and Bethany have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Hillsboro. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Hillsboro has more property crime than 64% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Hillsboro apart: it has 80 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 3.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.80 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.44% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 80% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hillsboro: C- (26 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 79% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 72% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Hillsboro
Property crime costs Hillsboro about $23 million a year, or $202 per resident and about $536 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.8 million
$16
Theft
$12 million
$101
Vehicle theft
$3.2 million
$28
Arson
$800,000
$7
Vandalism
$5.7 million
$50
Total
$23 million
$202
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
