Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bellingham, WA Crime Grade
How Bellingham 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
6/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bellingham, WA was 258.0 per 100,000 residents (250 incidents over a population of 96,902). That puts Bellingham Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 9% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bellingham (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bellingham 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 | 421.9(402) | 415.0(386) | 329.6(313) | 358.3(343) | 258.0(250) |
| Murder | 2.1(2) | 3.2(3) | 1.1(1) | 3.1(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 33.6(32) | 26.9(25) | 13.7(13) | 21.9(21) | 26.8(26) |
| Robbery | 138.5(132) | 145.1(135) | 101.1(96) | 81.5(78) | 54.7(53) |
| Aggravated assault | 247.7(236) | 239.7(223) | 213.8(203) | 251.8(241) | 176.5(171) |
| Property crime | 5076.7(4,837) | 6549.6(6,092) | 4220.4(4,008) | 3782.0(3,620) | 3255.9(3,155) |
| Burglary | 649.7(619) | 862.2(802) | 685.5(651) | 494.2(473) | 405.6(393) |
| Larceny | 4027.1(3,837) | 5134.7(4,776) | 3256.9(3,093) | 3126.9(2,993) | 2759.5(2,674) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 379.9(362) | 531.1(494) | 252.7(240) | 152.5(146) | 81.5(79) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Bellingham's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Washington cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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