(Portland, OR) -- Portland Police say crime is down around the city's two overnight homeless shelters. SAFES is located on Southwest 2nd Avenue and the Moore Street Shelter is on North Williams Avenue. Since opening, police say crime around the SAFE shelter declined two-and-a-half percent. Crimes around the Moore Street Shelter dropped twelve-and-a-half percent. Mayor Keith Wison says it shows that sheltering homeless people helps create safer neighborhoods.