Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gresham, OR Crime Grade
How Gresham grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Oregon — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Oregon
8/10
vs. Oregon cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gresham, OR was 363.8 per 100,000 residents (403 incidents over a population of 110,776). That puts Gresham Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% above the Oregon statewide rate of 314.4.
That ranks Gresham #2,905 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #41 of 52 in Oregon. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Gresham, OR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Oregon Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 363.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,905 of 3,771
- OR rank
- #41 of 52
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 110,776
- Reporting agency
- Gresham Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gresham Police Department (FBI ORI OR0260100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gresham, OR
History
Named for Walter Quinton Gresham (1832-1895), a gallant soldier in the Civil War and later served in two presidential cabinets as Postmaster General, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State. (OR-T2/1974/p329-30)
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Gresham (red), Oregon (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gresham vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 459.9(508) | 447.2(499) | 387.4(427) | 415.7(455) | 363.8(403) |
| Murder | 14.5(16) | 9.0(10) | 9.1(10) | 5.5(6) | 8.1(9) |
| Rape | 51.6(57) | 57.4(64) | 61.7(68) | 63.0(69) | 44.2(49) |
| Robbery | 90.5(100) | 118.3(132) | 91.6(101) | 85.0(93) | 84.0(93) |
| Aggravated assault | 303.3(335) | 262.6(293) | 225.0(248) | 262.2(287) | 227.5(252) |
| Property crime | 2992.4(3,305) | 2982.3(3,328) | 3039.2(3,350) | 2455.0(2,687) | 2329.9(2,581) |
| Burglary | 421.9(466) | 401.5(448) | 458.2(505) | 322.5(353) | 301.5(334) |
| Larceny | 1617.1(1,786) | 1527.0(1,704) | 1575.9(1,737) | 1482.8(1,623) | 1600.5(1,773) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 923.5(1,020) | 1030.6(1,150) | 987.1(1,088) | 635.9(696) | 408.0(452) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gresham, OR Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Gresham Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Gresham calculated?
- Gresham's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Oregon state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Oregon cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Gresham Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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