Metzger is a neighborhood of 18,200 residents in Tigard, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Metzger?
Metzger earns an A for violent crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Assaults make up 85% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Tigard as a whole grades A for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 870 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Metzger as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Metzger scores 870.
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 Metzger, Tigard, OR at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Metzger in Tigard, 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 Metzger
Robberies happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Tigard as a whole, 85% of reported robberies happen at stores and businesses, against 33% nationally.
How Metzger compares within Tigard
Every part of Metzger where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Metzger run from A to A-.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Metzger has less violent crime than 0 of the 2 neighborhoods in Tigard.
Is violent crime going up in Tigard?
Reported violent crime in Tigard as a whole has risen 35% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.3 to 3.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
TigardUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Tigard. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tigard
Violent, US
2016
+13%
+4%
2017
-17%
+4%
2018
-8%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
2021
+24%
+6%
2022
+65%
+5%
2023
+27%
+2%
2024
+35%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Metzger
CrimeGrade™ estimates Metzger has about 16 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% more than the US as a whole and 86% more than Tigard 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 Metzger, about 85% 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 Tigard
The Tigard Police Department polices Metzger; these figures cover Tigard as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Tigard as a whole, 43% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (85%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (43%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary.
Violent crime in Metzger and nearby neighborhoods
Metzger has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Metzger apart: it has 207 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and tree cover over 31% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.207 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.31% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 91% 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. 58% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (31 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 80% 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 Metzger
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Metzger about $22 million a year, or $1,186 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $5.5 million, or $303 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. Metzger is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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.
