So it is absolute number of murders per year for the whole town with around half-million inhabitants. That's something, thank you.

Questions remains about victims categories and Portland area (and so accounted population) changes.

Then, if categories and town area didn't change since 2019, then that's definitely sign of some severe shit happening in Portland.

I understand your confusion. Often times data is intentionally presented in a way that makes it difficult to interpret meaningfully, and it takes considerable effort to train oneself to put it together coherently.

Looks like some culture in presenting and spreading data is lost completely. That's sad, really.