Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Auburn, WA Crime Grade
How Auburn 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
8/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Auburn, WA was 299.5 per 100,000 residents (255 incidents over a population of 85,137). That puts Auburn Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 6% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Auburn #2,652 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 30% of them, and #67 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 45% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Auburn, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Washington Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 299.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,652 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #67 of 91
- Safer than
- 30% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 45%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 85,137
- Reporting agency
- Auburn Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Auburn Police Department (FBI ORI WA0170100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Auburn, WA
Also known as
- Slaughter
History
The community was named Slaughter in 1884, in honor of local Army officer William Slaughter (b.1829), who was killed in 1855 in an Indian uprising. The name was changed shortly thereafter due to its negative connotations.DeWitt C. Francis in "Description of Washington State Town Names" states that the town name was changed by petition to the legislature in 1893.
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. Auburn (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Auburn 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 | 443.0(364) | 500.7(422) | 602.8(505) | 545.6(452) | 299.5(255) |
| Murder | 4.9(4) | 15.4(13) | 9.5(8) | 12.1(10) | 3.5(3) |
| Rape | 58.4(48) | 51.0(43) | 66.8(56) | 89.3(74) | 84.6(72) |
| Robbery | 165.5(136) | 148.3(125) | 250.7(210) | 138.8(115) | 71.6(61) |
| Aggravated assault | 214.2(176) | 286.0(241) | 275.7(231) | 305.4(253) | 139.8(119) |
| Property crime | 4566.8(3,752) | 5194.7(4,378) | 5291.3(4,433) | 3988.5(3,304) | 2557.1(2,177) |
| Burglary | 724.2(595) | 1047.7(883) | 1009.8(846) | 528.7(438) | 347.7(296) |
| Larceny | 2782.4(2,286) | 2598.5(2,190) | 2430.2(2,036) | 2180.2(1,806) | 1671.4(1,423) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1040.7(855) | 1510.5(1,273) | 1831.0(1,534) | 1257.9(1,042) | 522.7(445) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Auburn, 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 Auburn 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 Auburn calculated?
- Auburn'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 Auburn 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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