The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hillsboro, OR
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
Is Hillsboro, OR safe?
Yes, crime in Hillsboro is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Hillsboro sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hillsboro run from A+ to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 823 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hillsboro as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hillsboro scores 823.
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 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 in Hillsboro
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Hillsboro has 0.58.
Car thefts run high in Industrial District. In this part of west Hillsboro, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Hillsboro.
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B in Hillsboro, worse than in the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Hillsboro
Nearly every part of Hillsboro where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hillsboro run from A+ to C+; 27% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
99%
A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
3Industrial District, westRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of Hillsboro.B637
Neighborhood areas of Hillsboro, ranked by overall 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 crime going up in Hillsboro?
Reported crime in Hillsboro has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 20% and property crime up 19%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 3.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 20 to 24 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, Hillsboro
Violent, US
Property, Hillsboro
Property, US
2016
+15%
+4%
-2%
+15%
2017
-1%
+4%
+0%
+12%
2018
+9%
+0%
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-7%
+4%
+1%
-8%
2021
+2%
+6%
+7%
-10%
2022
+20%
+5%
+27%
-6%
2023
+13%
+2%
+24%
-7%
2024
+20%
-4%
+19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hillsboro
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hillsboro has about 41 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% more than the US as a whole and close to Oregon.
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 Hillsboro, about 48% of everything reported, but assault 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 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. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% 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)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (40%)
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 Hillsboro compares with nearby cities
Hillsboro has less crime than 4 of its 7 nearest cities.
Two things 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 and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.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 and assault. 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 robbery and 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 and robbery. 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 crime costs Hillsboro
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Hillsboro about $990 a year per household, 18% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $43 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $101 million a year, or $887 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.8 million
$16
Rape
$3.3 million
$29
Robbery
$2.1 million
$18
Assault
$12 million
$108
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
$43 million
$373
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 Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro, OR average a SchoolGrade of B-: 37% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Hillsboro on SchoolGrade
