The crime rate in Redmond is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 28 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Redmond is 1 in 36. Based on FBI crime data, Redmond is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Washington, Redmond has a crime rate that is higher than 77% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Redmond to other communities of similar population, then Redmond crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Redmond does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Redmond does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Redmond.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Redmond's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Redmond is one in 954.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Redmond is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Redmond, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 37, which is a rate of 27 per one thousand population.