{"id":14915,"date":"2025-09-09T17:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T00:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14915"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:09:15","slug":"portland-has-5th-worst-property-crime-rate-in-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14915","title":{"rendered":"Portland has 5th worst property crime rate in country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For only having 600,000 people, Portland beats out Chicago, Detroit, New York, Atlanta, and all the major east coast cities for property crime rates. In 2024, there were 5526 property crimes per 100,000 persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"258\" data-attachment-id=\"14916\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=14916\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/Prop-crime.png?fit=1622%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1622,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Prop crime\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/Prop-crime.png?resize=604%2C243&amp;ssl=1 604w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/Prop-crime.png?w=1622&amp;ssl=1 1622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/Prop-crime.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent early data in 2025 (and anecdotal evidence from local forums seems to confirm) that it&#8217;s gotten even worse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"259\" data-attachment-id=\"14917\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=14917\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/Prop-crime2.png?fit=1034%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.ucr.cjis.gov\/LATEST\/webapp\/#\/pages\/home\">https:\/\/cde.ucr.cjis.gov\/LATEST\/webapp\/#\/pages\/home<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveillance-video.com\/blog\/us-cities-have-the-highest-property-crime-rate.html\/\">https:\/\/www.surveillance-video.com\/blog\/us-cities-have-the-highest-property-crime-rate.html\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For only having 600,000 people, Portland beats out Chicago, Detroit, New York, Atlanta, and all the major east coast cities for property crime rates. In 2024, there were 5526 property crimes per 100,000 persons. 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