King is a neighborhood of 13,500 residents in Portland, about 3 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in King?
Violent crime is high in King: a D, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Assaults make up 84% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Portland as a whole grades C+ for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 210 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than King as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. King scores 210.
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 King, Portland, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in King in Portland, 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 King
Robbery at about triple the US rate. King has 2.0 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How King compares within Portland
Violent crime changes a lot from one part of King to the next: 21% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 57% live in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across King run from B+ to F.
21%22%57%
A or B 21%C 22%D or F 57%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
King has less violent crime than 6 of the 64 neighborhoods in Portland. It covers much of the King, Concordia, and Woodlawn areas.
Is violent crime going up in Portland?
Reported violent crime in Portland as a whole has risen 27% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.6 to 7.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
PortlandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Portland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Portland
Violent, US
2016
-10%
+4%
2017
-7%
+4%
2018
-4%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
2021
+41%
+6%
2022
+38%
+5%
2023
+29%
+2%
2024
+26%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in King
CrimeGrade™ estimates King has about 15 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 9% more than the US as a whole and close to Portland as a whole.
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 King, about 84% of the total.
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 Portland
The Portland Police Department polices King; these figures cover Portland as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Portland as a whole, 38% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 51% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (41%)
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 King and nearby neighborhoods
King has the most violent crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set King apart: it has 1.4 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and a Walk Grade of A- (72 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery, and they run high here.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.26% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 87% 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 assault. 66% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (72 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.67% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 58% 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 violent crime costs King
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs King about $36 million a year, or $2,644 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $6.7 million, or $500 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
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.
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
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.
