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Washington Crime Rates & City Safety Scores

Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.

Key facts

  1. 01

    Washington displays a 54.34-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Bellevue, Washington at 65.78 points out of 100 versus Vancouver, Washington at 11.44.

  2. 02

    Washington displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 185 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.

  3. 03

    Washington has 4 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 0 increasing and 2 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.

  4. 04

    Seattle, Washington has a reporting population of 741,440 residents versus 135,015 in Kent, Washington, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.

Quick answer

In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Washington is Bellevue with an adjusted safety score of 65.78 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.

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Washington city safety rankings

Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.

City / Jurisdiction Cohort Rank Population Safety Score Overall Trend Actions
Bellevue #1 of 6 151,199 65.78 ↓ Decreasing View Report →
Kent #2 of 6 135,015 29.18 ↓ Decreasing View Report →
Spokane #3 of 6 229,228 15.72 ↓ Decreasing View Report →
Tacoma #4 of 6 220,482 12.58 → Stable View Report →
Seattle #5 of 6 741,440 12.0 → Stable View Report →
Vancouver #6 of 6 192,696 11.44 ↓ Decreasing View Report →

* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.

Chart of Washington crime statistics: Washington agencies reported 37,756 violent offenses in 2025. Between 201 to 212 agencies reported each month, so the total is not compared with 2024. Shows violent and property offenses per month.
Washington agencies reported 37,756 violent offenses in 2025. Between 201 to 212 agencies reported each month, so the total is not compared with 2024. Source: FBI NIBRS, 2025. Counts of reported offenses, not rates. CC BY 4.0
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Data, definitions and reuse

Violent: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property: burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, arson. Monthly counts are summed over the agencies that reported each month, and agency coverage changes over time.

Monthly source sums, 2025
MonthViolentPropertyAgencies reporting
Jan289623083212
Feb271319047211
Mar320821415210
Apr311620772208
May341922502207
Jun342720640205
Jul345220970206
Aug357221563206
Sep322020936206
Oct320422105204
Nov281720057201
Dec271221843202

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Analyst takeaways · Washington reporting-agency sums

Washington in 7 numbers

  1. Every major offense fell in 2025. Motor vehicle theft -40% (56,482 to 33,733), homicide -24%, burglary -22%, robbery -22%, larceny-theft -14%, aggravated assault -13%.
  2. Almost half of all reports are property crime. 310,925 of 574,471 reports (54.1%); larceny-theft alone is 177,969 (31.0%).
  3. Clearances skew toward violent crime. 68% of homicides cleared vs 5% of motor vehicle thefts and 14% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
  4. Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 462 reports in 2025 vs 607 in 2024 (-24%) across reporting agencies.
  5. The biggest volume is not violent. Vandalism (81,685) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (40,317, 7.0% of reports).
  6. Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in May (16,105) and troughed in Feb (13,009), a 1.2× swing inside a single year.
  7. These are reporting-agency sums. 80 of 232 agencies reported motor vehicle theft in December 2025 (vs 88 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.

Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 232 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.

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FBI NIBRS monthly detail · Washington reporting-agency sums, source year 2025

Washington monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025

Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.

Larceny-theft, month by month

↓ Decreasing, 177969 reports vs 207525 in 2024 (down 14% in reported data).

Larceny-theft 2025: summed reported counts and reporting agencies, Washington
MonthCountAgenciesCoverage
Jan 202515,83295Full
Feb 202513,00995Full
Mar 202514,78494Full
Apr 202514,72791Full
May 202516,10591Full
Jun 202514,56891Full
Jul 202514,65391Full
Aug 202514,72791Full
Sep 202514,86390Full
Oct 202515,24388Full
Nov 202514,12286Full
Dec 202515,33688Full

Vandalism, month by month

↓ Decreasing, 81685 reports vs 104836 in 2024 (down 22% in reported data).

Vandalism 2025: summed reported counts and reporting agencies, Washington
MonthCountAgenciesCoverage
Jan 20257,46695Full
Feb 20256,29895Full
Mar 20257,28994Full
Apr 20256,90191Full
May 20257,41291Full
Jun 20256,84091Full
Jul 20257,28391Full
Aug 20256,86490Full
Sep 20256,31490Full
Oct 20256,86888Full
Nov 20256,12086Full
Dec 20256,03087Full

Simple assault, month by month

→ Stable, 73912 reports vs 79600 in 2024 (about level in reported data).

Simple assault 2025: summed reported counts and reporting agencies, Washington
MonthCountAgenciesCoverage
Jan 20255,82689Full
Feb 20255,43989Full
Mar 20256,43188Full
Apr 20256,20785Full
May 20256,56685Full
Jun 20256,22585Full
Jul 20256,94985Full
Aug 20256,52885Full
Sep 20256,21584Full
Oct 20256,10782Full
Nov 20255,78681Full
Dec 20255,63382Full

Clearances: what got cleared in 2025

68% of homicides cleared vs 5% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.

Clearances 2025: reports cleared per 100 reports received, highest rate first
OffenseReportedClearedClearance rate
Homicide46231568.2%
Aggravated Assault25,56013,77153.9%
Robbery6,9692,34833.7%
Burglary41,7016,01514.4%
Larceny-theft177,96925,26314.2%
Motor Vehicle Theft33,7331,7815.3%

Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.

Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.

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Washington city reports

  • Bellevue safety report: #1 of 6, population 151,199, score 65.78, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
  • Kent safety report: #2 of 6, population 135,015, score 29.18, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
  • Spokane safety report: #3 of 6, population 229,228, score 15.72, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
  • Tacoma safety report: #4 of 6, population 220,482, score 12.58, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
  • Seattle safety report: #5 of 6, population 741,440, score 12.0, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
  • Vancouver safety report: #6 of 6, population 192,696, score 11.44, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.

Reading the comparison

Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage

Monthly count comparisons

Washington reporting agencies recorded 16,105 larceny-theft offenses in May 2025 versus 13,009 in Feb 2025, a difference of 3,096 reports; 91 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 95 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 177,969 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).

Washington reporting agencies recorded 7,466 vandalism offenses in Jan 2025 versus 6,030 in Dec 2025, a difference of 1,436 reports; 95 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 87 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 81,685 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).

Washington reporting agencies recorded 6,949 simple assault offenses in Jul 2025 versus 5,439 in Feb 2025, a difference of 1,510 reports; 85 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 89 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 73,912 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).

Washington reporting agencies recorded 315 cleared homicide offenses against 462 reports received in 2025 (68.2%), compared with 1,781 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 33,733 reports (5.3%), a 62.9-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.

Bellevue, Washington records 65.78 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 41.33 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 24.45; its reporting population of 151,199 residents accounts for 9.1% of the 1,670,060 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.

Vancouver, Washington records 11.44 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 13.01 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 24.45; its reporting population of 192,696 residents accounts for 11.5% of the 1,670,060 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.

Seattle, Washington records 12 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 12.45 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 24.45; its reporting population of 741,440 residents accounts for 44.4% of the 1,670,060 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.

Washington reporting-agency sums contain 177,969 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 207,525 in 2024, 29,556 reports (14.2%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 86 to 98 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.

Washington reporting-agency sums contain 73,912 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 79,600 in 2024, 5,688 reports (7.1%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 81 to 92 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.

Washington reporting-agency sums contain 81,685 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 104,836 in 2024, 23,151 reports (22.1%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 86 to 98 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.

WA coverage summary

How to read the Washington directory

The scoring run contains 185 reportable jurisdictions in Washington. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.

Within the displayed cohort, Bellevue has the highest adjusted score at 65.78, and Vancouver has the lowest at 11.44. The public-cohort range is 54.34 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.

Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 4 decreasing, 2 stable, and 0 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.

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