Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Anacortes, WA Crime Grade
How Anacortes grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Washington — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
2/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Anacortes, WA was 65.7 per 100,000 residents (12 incidents over a population of 18,266). That puts Anacortes 80% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 77% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Anacortes #712 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 81% of them, and #13 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 34% year over year and down 38% over the last five years.
Anacortes, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Washington Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 65.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #712 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #13 of 91
- Safer than
- 81% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 34%
- 5-year change
- down 38%
- Population
- 18,266
- Reporting agency
- Anacortes Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Anacortes Police Department (FBI ORI WA0290100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Anacortes, WA
Also known as
- Magic City
- Squaw Harbor
- Ship Harbor
History
Amos Bowman plotted the town and named it for his wife's maiden name, Anna Curtis, in 1874. See "Description of Washington State Town Names", DeWitt C. Francis, 1971
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Anacortes (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Anacortes vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 106.0(19) | 88.9(16) | 99.1(18) | 99.3(18) | 65.7(12) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 5.6(1) | 5.5(1) | 5.5(1) | 5.5(1) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 33.4(6) | 22.0(4) | 22.1(4) | 10.9(2) |
| Robbery | 16.7(3) | 22.2(4) | 5.5(1) | 11.0(2) | 5.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 89.3(16) | 27.8(5) | 66.1(12) | 60.7(11) | 43.8(8) |
| Property crime | 2265.2(406) | 3290.7(592) | 2289.9(416) | 1495.3(271) | 1242.7(227) |
| Burglary | 351.5(63) | 450.3(81) | 214.7(39) | 126.9(23) | 175.2(32) |
| Larceny | 1724.0(309) | 2551.4(459) | 1976.1(359) | 1280.1(232) | 1012.8(185) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 173.0(31) | 283.5(51) | 99.1(18) | 88.3(16) | 49.3(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Anacortes, WA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Anacortes Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Anacortes calculated?
- Anacortes's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Washington state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Washington cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Anacortes Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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