Hillsboro, OR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Hillsboro, OR Summary

Crime in Hillsboro research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Hillsboro over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Hillsboro:

  • There were 3,045 total crimes committed in Hillsboro the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,863.3 total crimes per 100K people in Hillsboro.
  • The overall crime rate in Hillsboro is 23.20% above the national average.
  • Hillsboro ranks #68 safest out of 103 cities in Oregon.
  • Hillsboro ranks #7,966 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Hillsboro Vs Oregon And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hillsboro is 2,863.3 per 100,000 people. That's 23.20% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -2.97% lower than the Oregon total crime rate of 2,950.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hillsboro
/ 100k People
Oregon
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,045 2,863.3 2,950.9 2,324.2
Murder 4 3.8 2.9 6.3
Robbery 63 59.2 51.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 190 178.7 200.6 268.2
Violent Crime 315 296.2 291.9 369.8
Burglary 318 299.0 339.2 269.8
Larceny 2,077 1,953.1 1,928.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 335 315.0 391.0 282.7
Property Crime 2,730 2,567.1 2,659.0 1,954.4

Hillsboro Crime Compared To Oregon Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Oregon.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Hillsboro

315
Violent Crimes
296.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-19.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 315 violent crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hillsboro is 296.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 337.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 342.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -19.90% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 1.48% higher than the Oregon violent crime rate of 291.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hillsboro

2,730
Property Crimes
2,567.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
31.35%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,730 property crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hillsboro is 2,567.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 39.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 31.35% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.46% lower than the Oregon property crime rate of 2,659.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hillsboro

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Vancouver, WA 193,273 12,006 6,211.9 5,576.1 635.9
Beaverton, OR 98,991 3,010 3,040.7 2,734.6 306.1
Lake Oswego, OR 40,044 665 1,660.7 1,580.8 79.9
West Linn, OR 26,842 310 1,154.9 1,072.9 82.0
Sherwood, OR 20,102 487 2,422.6 2,223.7 199.0
Cornelius, OR 14,107 358 2,537.7 2,105.3 432.4
North Plains, OR 3,406 48 1,409.3 1,321.2 88.1

Hillsboro SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
9.5
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
8
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