The following is a look at the increase in murders in Portland following the protest, riots and demands to defund the police in 2020. % change for the year 2020 compared to 2019 - 57.1% % change for the last seven month of 2020 compared to last seven months of 2019 - 163.1% (since the start of riots and defund movement) % change for June 2020 to May 2021 compared to June 2019 to May 2020- 262.5% 2019 January - 2 February - 3 March - 1 April - 6 May - 4 June - 3 July - 3 August - 5 September - 2 October - 3 November - 1 December - 2 Total for year - 35 Total last seven month - 19 2020 January - 1 February - 0 March - 2 April - 0 May - 2 June - 5 July - 15 August - 7 September - 7 October - 8 November - 3 December - 5 Total for year- 55 Total last seven month - 50 2021 January - 8 February - 9 March - 8 April - 2 May - 10 Portland Police Bureau Crime Statistics