Oregon’s Court of Appeals chided the state’s police force on Wednesday for using warrantless “technologically-enhanced surveillance” to bust an illegal marijuana operation, sending the court’s ...

The Legislature ended its session Friday without fulfilling an $18.5 million request from organizations that support victims ...

Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents have spiked 366% in Oregon this year, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since January, the number of cases has grown, according to data from ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Bias and hate crime reporting remain on the rise in Oregon, with reports soaring over 200% from 2020 to 2023, according to an annual report released by the Oregon Criminal ...

Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents to an Oregon Department of Justice hotline increased by 74% from 2021 to 2022. Last year, the hotline received 2,534 reports of bias incidents and crimes.

Garcia, 25, of Culver faces federal charges for allegedly traveling from Oregon to Washington to sexually abuse a minor.

Any victim or witness of a bias incident or a hate crime can visit www.StandAgainstHate.Oregon.Gov or call Oregon DOJ’s Bias Response Hotline at 1-844-924-BIAS (2427).

Anyone can report a bias incident or a hate crime at www.StandAgainstHate.Oregon.Gov (available in nine languages) or by calling Oregon DOJ’s Bias Response Hotline at 1-844-924-BIAS (2427).

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon and Washington saw some of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the U.S. in 2022, crime statistics released by the FBI on Oct. 16 show.The state with the highest ...

Oregon reports 2.5 violent crimes per 1,000 people and 31.41 property crimes per ... Cities that failed to submit a complete crime report to the FBI or had populations under 10,000 were excluded.

The economic impact of crime in Oregon was an estimated $14.9 billion in 2023, according to a report released by the Common Sense Institute this week. That is a cost of $3,509 per Oregon resident.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents have spiked 366% in Oregon this year, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since January, the number of cases has grown ...