CrimeMetric

Crime in Othello, Washington

Major crime in Othello is about the U.S. rate per resident: 41% lower for persons crimes and 8% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
99
about the U.S. rate
18% below the Washington rate
down 9.2% in a year
Persons crimes
59
41% below the U.S. rate
32% below the Washington rate
down 6.4% in a year
Property crimes
108
8% above the U.S. rate
16% below the Washington rate
down 9.5% in a year
Social disorder
142
42% above the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Washington rate
down 6.0% 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 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Othello 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 Othello

The middle half of Othello residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 71 and 93; the typical (median) resident's is 71. The citywide figure (99) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Othello, 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.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10088.8%
  • 100–2008.4%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+2.8%

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

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm111
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am84
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm109
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am87
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 9.2% in a year; across Washington it fell 10.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-9.2%WA -10.1%-10.1%WA -12.2%
Persons crimes-6.4%WA -5.9%+4.2%WA -1.8%
Property crimes-9.5%WA -10.6%-11.8%WA -13.7%
Social disorder-6.0%WA -9.4%-2.9%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

Othello against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

561 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Othello; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Othello has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Connell (19 mi), is 62% below Othello's rate.

Ephrata39 mi131
Moses Lake22 mi123
Pasco39 mi108
Richland38 mi107
Othello99
Mattawa35 mi82
Connell19 mi38

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

Questions about crime in Othello

What are the most common crimes in Othello?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 65 a year), burglary (about 25 a year) and shoplifting (about 21 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 2.4 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. Othello's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Othello's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 39.9% 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: 9,302. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100