Gresham is the fourth-largest city in Oregon, with 116,500 residents in Multnomah County, about 12 miles east of downtown Portland · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Gresham?
Gresham grades B+ for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live. Assaults make up 83% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
B+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 704 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Gresham as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Gresham scores 704.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Gresham, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters 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 about violent crime in Gresham
One part of Gresham stands out for robbery. Robberies in Gresham-Rockwood & Gresham-North Gresham, in northwest Gresham, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Simple assault runs low. Gresham has 4.3 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Gresham
Most of Gresham grades well for violent crime: 80% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Gresham run from A+ to F.
80%14%
A or B 80%C 14%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Gresham-Gresham Butte, southSimple assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Gresham.A904
2Gresham-Southwest, southwestClose to the rest of Gresham on most crimes.A895
3Gresham-Kelly Creek, southeastAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Gresham.A884
4Gresham-Powell Valley & Gresham-Mt. Hood, eastRobberies run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Gresham.A-798
5Gresham-Northeast, northeastClose to the rest of Gresham on most crimes.B+763
6Centennial & Gresham-Centennial, westClose to the rest of Gresham on most crimes.B676
Neighborhood areas of Gresham, ranked by violent crime 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 violent crime going up in Gresham?
Reported violent crime in Gresham has fallen 12% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.6 to 4.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
GreshamUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Gresham. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Gresham
Violent, US
2016
-16%
+4%
2017
-22%
+4%
2018
-5%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
+4%
2021
-2%
+6%
2022
-2%
+5%
2023
-16%
+2%
2024
-12%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Gresham
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gresham has about 8.3 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% less than the US as a whole and 18% less than Oregon.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Gresham, about 83% of the total. Murder and rape are far rarer, but they account for 48% of the cost of violent crime here.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Gresham
Gresham has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Gresham, 55% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 53% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Gresham and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Gresham, 6 have less violent crime. Boring and Camas, WA have the least.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Gresham apart: it has 10 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 36% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Gresham: C- (26 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 85% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.36% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% 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 assault. 71% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.34 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 63% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Gresham on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 violent crime costs Gresham
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Gresham about $151 million a year, or $1,296 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $29 million, or $251 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 81% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$10 million
$89
Rape
$3.9 million
$33
Robbery
$2.9 million
$25
Assault
$12 million
$104
Total
$29 million
$251
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Gresham 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.
