Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cheney, WA Crime Grade
How Cheney 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 Cheney, WA was 279.0 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 12,547). That puts Cheney 14% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 1% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Cheney #2,532 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #61 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and up 31% over the last five years.
Cheney, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Washington Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 279.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,532 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #61 of 91
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- up 31%
- Population
- 12,547
- Reporting agency
- Cheney Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cheney Police Department (FBI ORI WA0320100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cheney, WA
Also known as
- Yts'piyits'p
- Sile'
- Depot Springs
- Section 13
- Willow Springs
- Billings
Location
Section 13 was a designation of land for homesteading which grew to become Cheney.
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. Cheney (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cheney 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 | 212.5(28) | 198.6(26) | 328.8(41) | 355.0(44) | 279.0(35) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 60.7(8) | 76.4(10) | 144.4(18) | 121.0(15) | 111.6(14) |
| Robbery | 7.6(1) | 22.9(3) | 32.1(4) | 40.3(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 144.2(19) | 99.3(13) | 152.4(19) | 193.7(24) | 167.4(21) |
| Property crime | 1669.8(220) | 1879.0(246) | 1972.9(246) | 1686.4(209) | 1657.8(208) |
| Burglary | 151.8(20) | 320.8(42) | 336.8(42) | 209.8(26) | 318.8(40) |
| Larceny | 1373.8(181) | 1359.6(178) | 1427.5(178) | 1323.3(164) | 1235.4(155) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 144.2(19) | 175.7(23) | 200.5(25) | 145.2(18) | 103.6(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cheney, 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 Cheney 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 Cheney calculated?
- Cheney'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 Cheney 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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