CrimeMetric

Crime in Washington

Major crime across Washington is 22% above the U.S. rate per resident: 14% lower for persons crimes and 30% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.1% from a year earlier. Of the 1 place below, 1 is more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
122
22% above the U.S. rate
down 10.1% in a year
Persons crimes
86
14% below the U.S. rate
down 5.9% in a year
Property crimes
130
30% above the U.S. rate
down 10.6% in a year
Social disorder
80
20% below the U.S. rate
down 9.4% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in Washington, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

PlaceIndexAgainst Washington
Seattle3112.6 times

The largest places in Washington that we publish so far, largest first. More are added in batches.

Crime by type

Burglary is highest, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate

Every block group in Washington, including towns and unincorporated areas, against the U.S. rate per resident.

Persons crimes

Robbery117
Rape / sexual assault110
Aggravated assault78
Murder62

Property crimes

Burglary170
Theft from vehicle146
Other larceny129
Motor vehicle theft126
Shoplifting97

Social disorder

Vandalism140
Disorderly conduct80
Trespassing80
Simple assault76
Weapons violations73
Intimidation65
Drugs and alcohol45

How crime varies across Washington

Share of Washington residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5041.5%
  • 50–10025.8%
  • 100–20018.2%
  • 200–4009.7%
  • 400+4.8%

99.6% of Washington residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI. Data sources

5,311 block groups and 8,090,965 residents. How the estimates are made