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topicnews · July 16, 2025

Portland data show what happens to crime rates near new homeless accommodation overnight

Portland data show what happens to crime rates near new homeless accommodation overnight

Crime statistics for the area of North Portland near the New Moore Street Shelter have changed little from the animal shelter's opening. July 14, 2025Lillian Mongeau Hughes

The plan of Portland, Mayor Keith Wilson, at least a dozen new homeless accommodation in neighborhoods throughout the city, came across his first organized resistance a few weeks ago when a new city home was announced for Pearl District in northwest Portland.

The opponents of the protective expansion in this neighborhood have continued to protest the plan, wrote letters to the audience with Wilson to ask him to rethink. On the many concerns expressed by neighbors of the planned new animal shelter, the undesirable behavior, including criminal behavior, is attracted to the nearby blocks.

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