Photo: M.O. Stevens at en.wikipedia · Public domainOn property crime, Hillsboro has a higher rate per resident than four in five U.S. towns
Scored on crimes Hillsboro’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #47 of 74 graded towns in Oregon, and #139 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 20% from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 3.0 violent crimes and 22.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Oregon they are 3.9 and 30.7.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OR” is every other Oregon city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Hillsboro
Hillsboro reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Oregon towns on Hillsboro’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Beaverton (C−). Aloha and Rockcreek are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Oregon towns, closer to the middle
Oregon’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Hillsboro’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 36% of the 74 Oregon towns we grade, against 21% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Hillsboro’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 2.1 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Oregon (4.3) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Oregon
53.0 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (53 reported in 2025), below the rest of Oregon (79.3) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Hillsboro reports less crime per resident than 57% (#139). Places like it ↓
A job center
Hillsboro has 85,946 jobs based in town for 111,126 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hillsboro’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Hillsboro | Rest of Oregon | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Hillsboro | Rest of Oregon | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 59.2 | 93.4 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 50.3 | 86.7 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 61.1 | 80.0 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 47.7 | 71.1 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Hillsboro’s police reported 4 homicides, 53 robberies and 314 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Oregon and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hillsboro property | Rest of Oregon property | Hillsboro violent | Rest of Oregon violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.7 | 36.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 25.0 | 33.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 24.3 | 31.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 19.4 | 27.8 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oregon.
Crime in Hillsboro per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,474 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
314 violent and 2,160 property, as reported to the FBI by Hillsboro’s police.
30 people died in crashes on Hillsboro’s roads in 2019–2023
Hillsboro had 29 fatal crashes in five years, in which 30 people died; 7 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 5.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Oregon towns of 100,000+ people (7.1, 6 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Hillsboro and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Aloha and Rockcreek are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Oregon towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro | C− | 3.0 | 22.9 |
| Bend | C+ | 1.8 | 14.2 |
| Gresham | C− | 3.9 | 25.8 |
| Eugene | D | 3.4 | 30.7 |
| Salem | D | 4.7 | 27.7 |
| Medford | D | 4.3 | 37.8 |
The five graded Oregon towns closest to Hillsboro’s population (111,126), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Hillsboro. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Hillsboro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (111,167 in 2025); our figure for Hillsboro is 111,126 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Hillsboro
Is Hillsboro, OR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hillsboro reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #47 of 74 in Oregon. Its police reported 3.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Oregon and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Hillsboro?
3.0 violent and 22.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oregon reports 3.9 and 30.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Hillsboro in 2025?
Hillsboro’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Hillsboro safer than Beaverton?
Beaverton reports more crime per resident than Hillsboro: Beaverton grades C− for safety and Hillsboro C−. Beaverton’s police reported 3.0 violent and 24.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hillsboro?
Hillsboro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hillsboro”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.