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Crime Rates for Washington

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Federal Bureau of Investigation), additional data from local police agencies.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2015 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2016 (latest available). Updated annually. Wheres 2016 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more

Washington Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

20,394

248,369

268,763

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

2.84

34.64

37.48

Violent Crime

violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

Crime
Washington 2.84

My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 352

in Washington

Washington VIOLENT CRIMES

Population: 7,170,351
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 211 2,705 5,449 12,029
Rate per 1,000 0.03 0.38 0.76 1.68

United States VIOLENT CRIMES

Population: 321,418,820
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 15,696 124,047 327,374 764,449
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.39 1.02 2.38

Property Crime

property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

Crime
Washington 34.64

My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 29

in Washington

Washington Property CRIMES

Population: 7,170,351
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 50,993 170,509 26,867
Rate per 1,000 7.11 23.78 3.75

United States Property CRIMES

Population: 321,418,820
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 1,579,527 5,706,346 707,758
Rate per 1,000 4.91 17.75 2.20

Crimes Per Square Mile

Crime
Washington 56
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