Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Portland, TN Crime Grade
How Portland grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Tennessee — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
2/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Portland, TN was 152.6 per 100,000 residents (21 incidents over a population of 13,763). That puts Portland 53% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 69% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Portland #1,647 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 56% of them, and #10 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 59% year over year and down 53% over the last five years.
Portland, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 152.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,647 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #10 of 61
- Safer than
- 56% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 59%
- 5-year change
- down 53%
- Population
- 13,763
- Reporting agency
- Portland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Portland Police Department (FBI ORI TN0830200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Portland, TN
Also known as
- Richland Station
- Richland
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. Portland (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Portland 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 | 326.1(44) | 297.2(40) | 264.3(36) | 372.2(51) | 152.6(21) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 51.9(7) | 37.1(5) | 29.4(4) | 36.5(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 14.9(2) | 7.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 274.2(37) | 245.2(33) | 227.6(31) | 335.7(46) | 152.6(21) |
| Property crime | 956.1(129) | 839.5(113) | 594.6(81) | 474.3(65) | 486.8(67) |
| Burglary | 96.3(13) | 185.7(25) | 102.8(14) | 87.6(12) | 50.9(7) |
| Larceny | 726.3(98) | 549.8(74) | 462.5(63) | 313.8(43) | 370.6(51) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 111.2(15) | 81.7(11) | 29.4(4) | 58.4(8) | 50.9(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Portland, TN 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 Portland 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 Portland calculated?
- Portland's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Tennessee state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Tennessee 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 Portland 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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