Crime in Washington
Law enforcement agencies in Washington reported a violent crime rate of 284.4 per 100,000 residents in 2025, against a national rate of 317.6. That is rank 26 of 51.
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2025 at a glance
- Violent crime rate
- 284.4
- Per 100,000 residents. National rate 317.6.
- Property crime rate
- 1,967.1
- Per 100,000 residents. National rate 1,496.8.
- Homicide rate
- 2.9
- Per 100,000 residents, from 234 reported offenses.
- Population covered
- 8,001,020
- The FBI’s estimate for the agencies that reported. This is the rate denominator.
- Share of the population
- 97.5%
- Of the state’s population living in a reporting agency’s jurisdiction.
- Agencies reporting to NIBRS
- 270 of 270
- Agencies submitting incident-based data, of those the FBI lists in the state.
Figures are for calendar year 2025, taken from the FBI Crime Data Explorer on September 19, 2026.
By offense
Showing the main columns. Turn the phone, or open a row, for the full breakdown.
| Offense | Offenses | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault | 15,274 | 190.9 |
| Arson | 923 | 11.5 |
| Burglary | 24,849 | 310.6 |
| Homicide | 234 | 2.9 |
| Larceny | 111,414 | 1,392.5 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 20,199 | 252.5 |
| Rape | 3,104 | 38.8 |
| Robbery | 4,139 | 51.7 |
These are the component offenses. They are part of the violent crime and property crime categories above, not additional to them, and we do not add them together to build those categories: which offense rolls up into which is the FBI’s definition. A cleared offense is one the FBI records as closed by arrest or by exceptional means. It is not a conviction.
Since 1985
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| Year | Violent rate | Property rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 419.7 | 6,020.0 |
| 1986 | 429.9 | 6,334.4 |
| 1987 | 430.4 | 6,413.3 |
| 1988 | 455.4 | 6,459.8 |
| 1989 | 462.1 | 5,970.3 |
| 1990 | 496.1 | 5,676.8 |
| 1991 | 515.0 | 5,662.9 |
| 1992 | 530.9 | 5,629.4 |
| 1993 | 506.7 | 5,357.2 |
| 1994 | 509.1 | 5,526.9 |
| 1995 | 467.3 | 5,611.0 |
| 1996 | 416.8 | 5,365.0 |
| 1997 | 417.1 | 5,257.8 |
| 1998 | 419.2 | 5,288.7 |
| 1999 | 370.8 | 4,800.1 |
| 2000 | 363.8 | 4,682.5 |
| 2001 | 349.0 | 4,734.9 |
| 2002 | 338.5 | 4,674.5 |
| 2003 | 344.5 | 4,744.1 |
| 2004 | 341.6 | 4,845.1 |
| 2005 | 344.0 | 4,903.5 |
| 2006 | 347.4 | 4,527.6 |
| 2007 | 336.1 | 4,067.7 |
| 2008 | 333.4 | 3,822.3 |
| 2009 | 328.3 | 3,642.3 |
| 2010 | 311.7 | 3,706.8 |
| 2011 | 292.0 | 3,552.5 |
| 2012 | 293.3 | 3,646.6 |
| 2013 | 284.8 | 3,701.9 |
| 2014 | 282.7 | 3,723.1 |
| 2015 | 282.8 | 3,489.3 |
| 2016 | 300.4 | 3,490.3 |
| 2017 | 304.1 | 3,179.6 |
| 2018 | 313.7 | 2,944.1 |
| 2019 | 304.6 | 2,727.2 |
| 2020 | 299.6 | 2,794.6 |
| 2021 | 336.9 | 3,048.7 |
| 2022 | 379.7 | 3,380.7 |
| 2023 | 362.3 | 2,916.3 |
| 2024 | 330.1 | 2,506.5 |
| 2025 | 284.4 | 1,967.1 |
| 2026 | 140.9 · 9 mo | 878.0 · 9 mo |
A year with fewer than twelve reported months is kept and flagged rather than dropped, and its rate carries the month count in the cell: it is that many months of offenses over a full year’s population, so it is not an annual rate. Coverage moves as agencies join and leave the programme, so part of any change in the rate is a change in who reported — particularly across 2021, when the FBI retired the Summary Reporting System.
Nearest rates
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| Rank | State | Violent rate |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | South Dakota | 293.7 |
| 27 | Georgia | 272.9 |
Full rankings: violent crime, property crime, and homicide. All states: crime and justice.
What this page cannot show
- Offenses reported to and recorded by police in Washington, then submitted to the FBI. Crime not reported to police is not here.
- Reporting is voluntary and coverage differs by year, so a change in a count can be a change in how many agencies submitted.
- Rates use the FBI’s population estimate for the reporting agencies, not the state’s full resident population. Where coverage is below 100%, the rate describes the covered population.
- Nothing here explains why a figure moved. The record is what was reported.
Full method at methodology.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer API — Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-19apps/web/queries/crime/state_offense_breakdown.sql
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