Gresham-Kelly Creek is a neighborhood of 6,450 residents in Gresham, about 3 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Gresham-Kelly Creek in Gresham safe?
Yes, by national standards: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Gresham-Kelly Creek is low. Most US neighborhoods have even less, though: 61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. Gresham as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gresham-Kelly Creek run from A to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 771 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gresham-Kelly Creek as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gresham-Kelly Creek scores 771.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Gresham-Kelly Creek, Gresham, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gresham-Kelly Creek in Gresham, 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 in Gresham-Kelly Creek
Car thefts run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in Gresham-Kelly Creek runs 33% below the US rate, but car thefts run 47% above it: 4.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Gresham-Kelly Creek
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gresham-Kelly Creek has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and 35% less than Gresham as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 42% of crime reported in Gresham-Kelly Creek. Vehicle theft is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Gresham
The Gresham Police Department polices Gresham-Kelly Creek; these figures cover Gresham as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Gresham as a whole, 30% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 41% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (48%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (27%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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.
How Gresham-Kelly Creek compares with nearby neighborhoods
Gresham-Kelly Creek has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Gresham-Gresham Butte has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Gresham-Kelly Creek. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Gresham-Kelly Creek is safer than 70% of them.
Empty homes, tree cover and walkability in Gresham-Kelly Creek
One thing sets Gresham-Kelly Creek apart: it has 2.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.25% where people liveUS: 21%Higher 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 and assault. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 69% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 85% 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 crime costs Gresham-Kelly Creek
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Gresham-Kelly Creek about $728 a year per household, 40% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $4.9 million a year, or $755 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Gresham-Kelly Creek means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Gresham-Kelly Creek, Gresham, OR average a SchoolGrade of D-: 25% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Gresham-Kelly Creek on SchoolGrade
