Portland, TX carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 56% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Portland, TX shows violent crime at 156.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 843.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 56% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
156.1/100K violent
843.7/100K property
-56% vs U.S.
The verdict
Portland earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 56% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-56%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
55th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
843.7
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Portland, TX
Comparable rate records
Portland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Portland's 156.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Wake Village (156.1), New Braunfels (156.4), Childress (155.6), Forney (155.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 217.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 156.1 in 2024 (-28.3%). The highest observed value was 217.5 in 2020 and the lowest 118.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 86.7% of reported property offenses in Portland, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (14) and motor vehicle theft (9). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Portland sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 156.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Portland ranks 383 of 686 — above 303 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -13.3% against the cohort median of 179.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Portland's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-44.3%
1513.9 → 843.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+32.3%
118 → 156.1/100K
Property offenses lead Portland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
173
843.7
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
150
731.5
-
Burglary
14
68.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
9
43.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
32
156.1
394.7
Aggravated Assault
18
87.8
-
Rape
13
63.4
-
Robbery
1
4.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Portland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Portland property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
843.7/100K↓44.3%vs 2023
Portland violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
156.1/100K↑32.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
17,468
217.5
1837.6
359
2021
Comparable
17,938
172.8
1951.2
381
2022
Comparable
20,742
135
1335.5
305
2023
Comparable
20,345
118
1513.9
332
2024
Comparable
20,506
156.1
843.7
205
How Portland sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Portland Police Department NIBRS-participating
Portland's crime figures on this page originate from Portland Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Portland in population. Their populations run from 20,121 to 20,867, against 20,506 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Portland's 156.1/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Portland has a violent crime rate of 156.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 843.7 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Portland, TX safe? ▼
Portland receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 77/100. The violent crime rate is 56% below the national average and 60% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Portland, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Portland is 20,506 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Portland? ▼
In 2024, Portland reported 32 violent crimes and 173 property crimes, for a total of 205 reported offenses.
How do Portland's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Portland recorded about one reported offense per 100 residents and one reported violent offense per 641 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Portland? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Portland's violent crime rate increased by 32.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 44.3%.
What is the most common crime in Portland? ▼
The most common crime type in Portland is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.2% of all reported crimes (150 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Portland figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Portland, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.