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Criminal Justice Commission: Oregon past post‑pandemic crime peak, recent data show modest declines

Joint Senate and House Interim Judiciary Committees · September 30, 2025
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CJC research director Kelly Officer told the joint Judiciary committees that reported violent and property index crime in Oregon peaked in 2021–22 and declined in 2023–24; she recommended Real Time Crime Index estimates for more timely trends through July 2025 while noting limitations of reported data.

Kelly Officer, research director at the Criminal Justice Commission, briefed the combined Senate and House interim Judiciary committees on Oregon’s reported crime trends and available near‑real‑time estimates.

Officer reiterated that the presentation relies on reported crime submitted by law‑enforcement agencies to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program, which carries processing lags. Using FBI‑based measures through 2024, she said Oregon…

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