Crime in Federal Way, Washington
Major crime in Federal Way is 30% above the U.S. rate per resident: 22% higher for persons crimes and 32% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 26.4% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 1.8 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Federal Way for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Federal Way
The middle half of Federal Way residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 43 and 135; the typical (median) resident's is 82. The citywide figure (130) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5033.2%
- 50–10031.8%
- 100–20019.6%
- 200–4006.7%
- 400+8.7%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weeknights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 26.4% in a year; across Washington it fell 10.1%
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.
Federal Way against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents
96 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Federal Way; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Federal Way has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Lakeland North (3 mi), is 59% below Federal Way's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Federal Way
What are the most common crimes in Federal Way?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 507 a year), other larceny (about 506 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 449 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 1.8 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. Federal Way's figures add up its 67 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Federal Way's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 51.8% 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: 102,530. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Federal Way, Washington." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/wa/federal-way
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
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