Gresham-Mt. Hood is a neighborhood of 6,000 residents in Gresham, about 2 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Gresham-Mt. Hood in Gresham safe?
Crime in Gresham-Mt. Hood is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Gresham-Mt. Hood. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C. Gresham as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gresham-Mt. Hood run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 659 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gresham-Mt. Hood as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gresham-Mt. Hood scores 659.
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-Mt. Hood, Gresham, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gresham-Mt. Hood 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-Mt. Hood
Thefts are uncommon. Gresham-Mt. Hood has thefts at about half the US rate: 6.3 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Gresham-Mt. Hood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gresham-Mt. Hood has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 48% less than the US as a whole and 49% 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 is the most common crime in Gresham-Mt. Hood, about 32% of everything reported, but vehicle theft 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-Mt. Hood; 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-Mt. Hood compares with nearby neighborhoods
Gresham-Mt. Hood has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Gresham-Mt. Hood. 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-Mt. Hood is safer than 74% of them.
Empty homes, jobs and walkability in Gresham-Mt. Hood
Two things set Gresham-Mt. Hood apart: it has 7 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft runs 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.NoneUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.7 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% 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.2.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 92% 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-Mt. Hood
Crime costs Gresham-Mt. Hood about $887 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 26% 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 $3.7 million a year, or $618 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-Mt. Hood 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. Gresham-Mt. Hood is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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-Mt. Hood, Gresham, OR average a SchoolGrade of D-: 23% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Gresham-Mt. Hood on SchoolGrade
