CrimeMetric

Crime in East Renton Highlands, Washington

Major crime in East Renton Highlands is 59% below the U.S. rate per resident: 71% lower for persons crimes and 57% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 16.6% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
41
59% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Washington rate
down 16.6% in a year
Persons crimes
29
71% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Washington rate
down 14.1% in a year
Property crimes
43
57% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Washington rate
down 16.9% in a year
Social disorder
26
74% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Washington rate
down 17.7% 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

Every crime type in East Renton Highlands is near or below the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across East Renton Highlands

The middle half of East Renton Highlands residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 32 and 45; the typical (median) resident's is 38.

Map of East Renton Highlands, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5085.7%
  • 50–10014.3%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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 weeknights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm39
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am45
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm36
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am41
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 16.6% in a year; across Washington it fell 10.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-16.6%WA -10.1%-12.8%WA -12.2%
Persons crimes-14.1%WA -5.9%-1.6%WA -1.8%
Property crimes-16.9%WA -10.6%-14.5%WA -13.7%
Social disorder-17.7%WA -9.4%-7.1%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

East Renton Highlands against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

1,707 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than East Renton Highlands; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Valley, AL10,298222
Riverdale, IL10,287145
Safford, AZ10,28694
Alpena, MI10,28372
East Renton Highlands, WA10,29341
Tecumseh, MI10,28226

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

Nearby places

East Renton Highlands has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fairwood (3 mi), is 1.7 times East Renton Highlands's rate.

Tukwila8 mi593
Renton4 mi140
Covington7 mi99
Issaquah6 mi88
Newcastle5 mi87
Fairwood3 mi71
Hobart6 mi47
East Renton Highlands41

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

Questions about crime in East Renton Highlands

What are the most common crimes in East Renton Highlands?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 35 a year), theft from vehicle (about 11 a year) and burglary (about 8 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 32% below 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. East Renton Highlands's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • East Renton Highlands's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 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: 10,293. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in East Renton Highlands, Washington." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wa/east-renton-highlands

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100