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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
7/10
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.
That ranks Bellingham #2,422 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 36% of them, and #57 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 28% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
Bellingham, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Washington Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 258.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,422 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #57 of 91
- Safer than
- 36% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 28%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 96,902
- Reporting agency
- Bellingham Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bellingham Police Department (FBI ORI WA0370100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bellingham, WA
History
Named for Sir William Bellingham of England. 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. 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
- What is the source of the Bellingham, 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 Bellingham 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 Bellingham calculated?
- Bellingham'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 Bellingham 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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