Neighborhood Crime Statistics for South Portland 2025

Here is our third annual review of the Portland Police Bureau crime statistics for the South Portland neighborhood. The data is offered through PPB's Tableau-powered public website.

All offenses past year (Dec 2024-Nov 2025):

In our last 2 years' reports, we have seen the crime trend decreasing since a peak in 2022 and behaving similarly to what has been seen across the country following the post-Covid spike. 

However, this year the South Portland data appears to be ticking up again since June 2025:

There are reasons. Protests at the ICE facility started up again in June and have continued.  According to PPB as of January 12, "To date, the total number of arrests related to ICE protest activity is 82."

Crimes Against Persons spiked in October. Assaults are the primary driver for this:

Assault/Simple Intimidations spiked in October presumably amid heightened police and activist activity near the ICE Facility:

Property Crime was also up in October with larceny and vandalism contributing:

• Motor Vehicle Theft, which we've looked into in past years, continues to be lower this year.
• Weapon Laws Violations: 11 this year, 2 in June, 3 in November.
• No Homicides, human trafficking, vehicular manslaughter or prostitution crimes recorded.

How does this compare to the overall Portland crime data? and the US?

Stay tuned for future research!