#1,598 - Portland’s massive broken window epidemic: Who’s behind the vandalism and what is going to stop it?
Every 42 minutes there is a report of vandalism in Portland — often involving broken windows. Some storefronts have been hit repeatedly.
“We’ve seen a lot of it,” said landlord Matt Kaplan, as a repair crew worked to replace the broken glass outside of his Old Town building. It was the fifth time in three years vandals smashed the windows.
A few doors down, the dispensary Serra is hidden behind a huge piece of plywood, after its front windows were broken for a sixth time.
“People are running out of money replacing the windows. They’re running out of patience,” said Serra employee Kora Burrows.
n 2022, there were 12,238 reports of vandalism citywide — including broken windows, according to data from the Portland Police Bureau. The agency doesn’t separate broken windows from other types of vandalism. Last year’s numbers are up 27% from 9,660 vandalism cases in 2021. In 2020 there were 8,322 cases and 6,289 in 2019.
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