Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Edmonds, WA Crime Grade
How Edmonds 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 Edmonds, WA was 205.2 per 100,000 residents (88 incidents over a population of 42,880). That puts Edmonds Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 27% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Edmonds #2,082 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #48 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 24% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Edmonds, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Washington Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 205.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,082 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #48 of 91
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 24%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 42,880
- Reporting agency
- Edmonds Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Edmonds Police Department (FBI ORI WA0310200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Edmonds, WA
Also known as
- Edmunds
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. Edmonds (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Edmonds 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 | 271.0(116) | 252.8(108) | 178.9(76) | 269.6(115) | 205.2(88) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 2.3(1) | 4.7(2) | 2.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 32.7(14) | 23.4(10) | 18.8(8) | 42.2(18) | 25.7(11) |
| Robbery | 100.5(43) | 74.9(32) | 44.7(19) | 53.9(23) | 49.0(21) |
| Aggravated assault | 137.8(59) | 152.2(65) | 110.7(47) | 171.1(73) | 130.6(56) |
| Property crime | 2649.3(1,134) | 2631.5(1,124) | 2481.5(1,054) | 3009.9(1,284) | 2024.3(868) |
| Burglary | 394.8(169) | 398.0(170) | 369.6(157) | 414.9(177) | 277.5(119) |
| Larceny | 1995.2(854) | 1961.9(838) | 1852.9(787) | 2440.3(1,041) | 1637.1(702) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 245.3(105) | 259.9(111) | 254.3(108) | 152.4(65) | 102.6(44) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Edmonds, 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 Edmonds 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 Edmonds calculated?
- Edmonds'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 Edmonds 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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