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Press Release

For Immediate Release
June 9, 2008

FBI Portland
Contact: Beth Anne Steele
(503) 552-5238

FBI Releases Preliminary 2007 Crime Stats for Oregon and Washington

Today, the FBI released a preliminary report detailing January - December 2007 crime data based on the submissions of 12,032 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. Each of these agencies had to submit at least six comparable months of data to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program in both 2006 and 2007. Statistics from the report include the following:

Portland saw significant decreases in rapes (4.4%), aggravated assaults (6.7%), and burglaries (11.8%) in 2007 compared to 2006. Portland had a slight increase in murders (20 to 22) and an increase in motor vehicle thefts (6.5%). The other categories saw changes of less than a percentage point.
Eugene saw a decrease in murders (3 to 1), larceny-thefts (5%) and motor vehicle thefts (10.4%). Eugene had increases in rapes (25%), robberies (16.8%), aggravated assaults (12.5%), and burglaries (5%).
Salem saw decreases in almost every category including murders (9 to 3), rapes (22%), aggravated assaults (18.6%), burglaries (14.8%), and larceny-thefts (11.5%) There was a slight increase in robberies (1.5%) and an increase in motor vehicle thefts (7.3%).
Outside of Oregon, Vancouver saw increases in the number of murders (4 to 7), rapes (14.6%), robberies (19.4%), and motor vehicle thefts (3.1%). The other categories saw changes of less than a percentage point.

Note: the raw numbers of murders and, in some cases rapes, are so small, that any increase or decrease is going to tend to show as a large percentage.

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data on the following crimes: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-threat, and motor vehicle thefts.

PORTLAND (Preliminary - 2007)

CRIME

2006

2007

Murder & Non-negligent Manslaughter

20

22

Forcible Rape

293

280

Robbery

1297

1289

Aggravated Assault

2262

2110

Burglary

5485

4840

Larceny-Theft

22,033

21,978

Motor Vehicle Theft

4478

4768

EUGENE (Preliminary - 2007)

CRIME	2006	2007
Murder & Non-negligent Manslaughter	3	1
Forcible Rape	44	55
Robbery	155	181
Aggravated Assault	168	189
Burglary	1561	1640
Larceny-Theft	5386	5119
Motor Vehicle Theft	1166	1045

SALEM (Preliminary - 2007)

CRIME	2006	2007
Murder & Non-negligent Manslaughter	9	3
Forcible Rape	74	58
Robbery	130	132
Aggravated Assault	479	390
Burglary	1074	915
Larceny-Theft	6361	5627
Motor Vehicle Theft	831	892

VANCOUVER (Preliminary - 2007)

CRIME	2006	2007
Murder & Non-negligent Manslaughter	4	7
Forcible Rape	103	118
Robbery	139	166
Aggravated Assault	352	355
Burglary	1001	1005
Larceny-Theft	4584	4581
Motor Vehicle Theft	942	971

Final figures for all cities during 2007 will be available in October 2008.

This preliminary report does not contain data for cities in Oregon smaller than those listed above. The FBI simply compiles the information as it is provided from local jurisdictions. You will need to contact those local jurisdictions for any analysis of the numbers listed above. You can view and download the entire report from the FBI's web site at www.fbi.gov.

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