PORTLAND, OR – While overall crime is up slight from November, there is positive data regarding shootings in Portland. The city is seeing a sustained drop in gun violence, with new data from the Portland Police Bureau showing shooting incidents have continued to decline through 2025 and are now at their lowest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to PPB’s crime dashboard, the city has recorded 525 shooting incidents so far in 2025, a significant decrease compared to 747 incidents in 2024. That represents a drop of about 30 percent year over year, reinforcing a trend that has been moving steadily downward since 2022.
The data marks the lowest annual total of shooting incidents since 2019, a notable milestone after several years of elevated violence during and immediately following the pandemic. While shootings remain a serious public safety concern, the latest figures suggest meaningful progress…