Gaffney Lane Neighborhood Association

From Your police Dept.

Apr 22, 2001

The following are statistics taken from the Oregon City Police Department 2000 Annual Report and 2000 Annual Traffic Analysis. Both reports were prepared by the Clackamas County Sheriff?’s Department Crime Analysis Unit in March, 2001.
2000 Crime Analysis.

In 2000, 3,753 criminal incidents were reported to OCPD for a population of 24,940 people. This
number is up 3.4% from the previous three-year average (1997/98/99).
Of these:
?· 57.3% were Property crimes
?· 29.7% were Behavioral crimes (crimes against society)
?· 13.0% were Person crimes

For 2000, there were 119 vehicles stolen in Oregon City. This the same number as last year and remains under the previous three-year average by 2.5%. Eighty-eight of the vehicles were recovered.

The following is a breakdown of criminal incidents for January through December each year and the previous 3-year average.
2000 1999 3-year average
Burglary 217 224 down 2.8%
Theft 1,037 1,114 down 7.6%
Robbery 25 23 up 5.5%
Sex crimes 48 36 0 %
Assault 221 229 down 14.1%
Criminal mischief 484 520 down 9.7%
Stolen Vehicles 119 119 0%
Finally, incidents in 2000 were more likely to occur on Saturday and the most likely time of day was between the hours of ?“2001-2400?”.
2000 Traffic Analysis

Keep in mind that the data from the traffic analysis report does not include any other police agencies or the Oregon State Police.

For the year 2000, OCPD investigated 415 accidents. Of these, 37 were alcohol related, 136 were injury
cases with 190 people injured. Of the 415 accidents, 104 (25.1%) were hit and run cases.
They found that most accidents occurred during daylight hours (59%), during clear weather (47%)
and on dry pavement (65.5%).
During 2000, OCPD issued 7,859 Uniform Traffic Citations. This figure up 24.1% over the last three
years.
?· The highest number of citations were written in the ?“OC1?” patrol grid which includes parts of
Highways 205, 99E and 213.
?· The highest number of citations were written between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m.
?· The majority of citations were written to males (56.7%) vs. females (34.3%) with the most being
written to those from 25 - 34 years of age.

The worst intersection in Oregon City, with 19 accidents, was again Highway 213 & Beavercreek
Road. Other ?“Top 10?” worst intersections that more than doubled accident rates were: Highway
213/Molalla Ave, Beavercreek Road/Marjorie Lane, Molalla Avenue/Barclay Hills Drive, Highway
213/Meyers Road.

The data above was extracted from multi-page reports. A full copy of each report is available for review through the Police Department at City Hall or GLNA Chairman, Derrick Beneville.