Gresham-Northwest is a neighborhood of 6,330 residents in Gresham, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Gresham-Northwest in Gresham safe?
Crime in Gresham-Northwest is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 80% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Gresham-Northwest. Violent crime grades B and property crime C-. Gresham as a whole grades B. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from B- to C+; see the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 549 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
20% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gresham-Northwest as a whole, and 80% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gresham-Northwest scores 549.
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-Northwest, Gresham, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gresham-Northwest 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-Northwest
Car thefts run high. Gresham-Northwest has car thefts at about triple the US rate: 7.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Gresham-Northwest
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gresham-Northwest has about 48 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% more than the US as a whole and 26% more 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-Northwest, about 41% 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-Northwest; 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-Northwest compares with nearby neighborhoods
Gresham-Northwest has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Gresham-Gresham Butte and Gresham-Kelly Creek have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Gresham-Northwest. 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-Northwest has more crime than 57% of them.
Tree cover, jobs and walkability in Gresham-Northwest
One thing sets Gresham-Northwest apart: it has tree cover over 30% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.30% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.53 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 72% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 68% 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.12.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 71% 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-Northwest
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Gresham-Northwest about $1,370 a year per household, 14% more 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 $11 million a year, or $1,810 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-Northwest 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-Northwest, Gresham, OR average a SchoolGrade of F: 17% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Gresham-Northwest on SchoolGrade
