Crime Grade · Washington

Most Dangerous Cities in Washington

91 reporting Washington cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 188.2 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Fife	11,082	956.5	D8/10
2	Tacoma	230,369	859.5	D8/10
3	Seattle	791,503	696.8	C7/10
4	Spokane	230,962	606.2	C6/10
5	Vancouver	200,968	551.3	C6/10
6	Tukwila	21,610	541.4	C6/10
7	Lakewood	62,485	505.7	C6/10
8	Kent	132,324	492.0	C6/10
9	Olympia	56,438	471.3	B5/10
10	Shelton	10,814	453.1	B5/10
11	Yakima	97,467	452.5	B5/10
12	Grandview	11,210	428.2	B5/10
13	Airway Heights	11,035	407.8	B5/10
14	Walla Walla	33,809	381.6	B5/10
15	Port Angeles	20,140	372.4	B5/10
16	Moses Lake	27,367	361.7	B5/10
17	Federal Way	100,076	348.7	B4/10
18	Renton	103,762	341.2	B4/10
19	Pasco	82,766	332.3	B4/10
20	Bremerton	45,723	325.9	B4/10
21	Sumner	10,942	319.9	B4/10
22	Aberdeen	17,046	316.8	B4/10
23	Kennewick	87,424	313.4	B4/10
24	Wenatchee	35,350	311.2	B4/10
25	Auburn	85,137	299.5	B4/10
26	Port Orchard	20,115	293.3	B4/10
27	Longview	38,401	291.7	B4/10
28	Puyallup	42,432	289.9	B4/10
29	Gig Harbor	12,786	281.6	B4/10
30	Tumwater	28,265	279.5	B4/10
31	Cheney	12,547	279.0	B4/10
32	Centralia	19,231	265.2	B4/10
33	Lynnwood	45,807	264.2	B4/10
34	Yelm	11,984	258.7	A3/10
35	Bellingham	96,902	258.0	A3/10
36	Richland	65,273	255.8	A3/10
37	Everett	113,547	245.7	A3/10
38	Arlington	22,466	244.8	A3/10
39	Des Moines	33,288	231.3	A3/10
40	Spokane Valley	109,455	228.4	A3/10
41	Lacey	59,124	216.5	A3/10
42	Port Townsend	10,772	213.5	A3/10
43	Ellensburg	20,873	210.8	A3/10
44	Edmonds	42,880	205.2	A3/10
45	Burien	52,062	194.0	A3/10
46	Snohomish	10,627	188.2	A3/10
47	University Place	35,225	167.5	A2/10
48	Monroe	19,905	160.8	A2/10
49	Edgewood	13,779	159.7	A2/10
50	Mountlake Terrace	26,286	156.0	A2/10
51	Pullman	33,883	153.5	A2/10
52	Seatac	34,719	138.3	A2/10
53	Battle Ground	23,514	136.1	A2/10
54	Ferndale	17,121	134.3	A2/10
55	Marysville	77,579	131.5	A2/10
56	Mill Creek	20,687	130.5	A2/10
57	Mount Vernon	35,352	130.1	A2/10
58	Oak Harbor	24,049	128.9	A2/10
59	Washougal	18,175	126.5	A2/10
60	Liberty Lake	13,676	124.3	A2/10
61	West Richland	19,483	118.1	A1/10
62	Kelso	12,738	117.8	A1/10
63	Burlington	11,420	113.8	A1/10
64	Lynden	17,037	111.5	A1/10
65	East Wenatchee	14,382	111.3	A1/10
66	Bellevue	155,043	110.9	A1/10
67	Mukilteo	21,247	108.3	A1/10
68	Redmond	84,564	104.1	A1/10
69	Poulsbo	12,714	102.2	A1/10
70	Bonney Lake	22,175	99.2	A1/10
71	Lake Stevens	41,929	97.8	A1/10
72	Shoreline	68,263	89.4	A1/10
73	Bothell	52,714	74.0	A1/10
74	Issaquah	38,612	69.9	A1/10
75	Covington	21,747	69.0	A1/10
76	Newcastle	13,055	68.9	A1/10
77	Sunnyside	16,298	67.5	A1/10
78	Mercer Island	25,192	67.5	A1/10
79	Anacortes	18,266	65.7	A1/10
80	Ridgefield	16,755	65.7	A1/10
81	Kirkland	96,218	64.4	A1/10
82	Sedro Woolley	13,410	59.7	A1/10
83	Camas	27,521	54.5	A1/10
84	Enumclaw	13,316	52.6	A1/10
85	Maple Valley	28,671	45.3	A1/10
86	Snoqualmie	13,265	45.2	A1/10
87	Lake Forest Park	13,196	37.9	A1/10
88	Bainbridge Island	24,564	32.6	A1/10
89	Kenmore	24,236	16.5	A1/10
90	Sammamish	66,235	13.6	A1/10
91	Woodinville	14,065	0.0	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.