King is a neighborhood of 13,500 residents in Portland, about 3 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in King?
King grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live. Theft makes up 54% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C-, and vehicle theft grades F. Portland as a whole grades D+ for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
6% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than King as a whole, and 94% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. King scores 0.
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 King, Portland, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in King in Portland, 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 King
Vehicle theft at about triple the US rate. King has 8.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
How King compares within Portland
Every part of King grades D or F for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across King run from D- to F.
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D or F 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
King has less property crime than 4 of the 64 neighborhoods in Portland. It covers much of the King, Concordia, and Woodlawn areas.
Is property crime going up in Portland?
Reported property crime in Portland as a whole peaked in 2022 and has fallen 15% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 53 to 54 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
PortlandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Portland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Portland
Property, US
2016
-2%
+15%
2017
+8%
+12%
2018
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
-8%
2021
+12%
-10%
2022
+20%
-6%
2023
+10%
-7%
2024
+2%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in King
CrimeGrade™ estimates King has about 53 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Portland as a whole.
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 King, about 54% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
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 Portland
The Portland Police Department polices King; these figures cover Portland as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Portland as a whole, 34% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 62% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (46%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (30%)
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 King and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to King, 8 have less property crime. Overlook and Alameda have the least.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set King apart: it has 0.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 66% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (72 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.15.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 King
Property crime costs King about $5.5 million a year, or $411 per resident and about $1,075 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 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
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.
