CrimeMetric

Crime in Colfax, Washington

Major crime in Colfax is 21% above the U.S. rate per resident: 9% lower for persons crimes and 28% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
121
21% above the U.S. rate
about the Washington rate
down 7.5% in a year
Persons crimes
91
9% below the U.S. rate
5% above the Washington rate
down 6.3% in a year
Property crimes
128
28% above the U.S. rate
about the Washington rate
down 7.7% in a year
Social disorder
190
1.9 times the U.S. rate
2.4 times the Washington rate
down 7.3% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Vandalism stands out most, at 5.8 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Colfax for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Colfax

Colfax is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 22; the middle half of residents live where it is between 14 and 29.

Map of Colfax, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5076.2%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+23.8%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm129
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am109
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm147
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am100
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.5% in a year; across Washington it fell 10.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.5%WA -10.1%-11.7%WA -12.2%
Persons crimes-6.3%WA -5.9%+2.0%WA -1.8%
Property crimes-7.7%WA -10.6%-13.8%WA -13.7%
Social disorder-7.3%WA -9.4%-8.9%WA -6.5%

Change in expected crimes, with Washington as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Colfax against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

281 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Colfax; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Colfax has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Pullman (14 mi), is 66% below Colfax's rate.

Clarkston36 mi153
Colfax121
Cheney44 mi106
Moscow, ID21 mi51
Dayton48 mi49
Pullman14 mi41

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Colfax

What are the most common crimes in Colfax?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 48 a year), burglary (about 6 a year) and aggravated assault (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 5.8 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Colfax's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Colfax has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 3,449. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Colfax, Washington." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wa/colfax

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100