Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ellensburg, WA Crime Grade
How Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg, WA was 210.8 per 100,000 residents (44 incidents over a population of 20,873). That puts Ellensburg 35% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 25% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Ellensburg #2,117 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 44% of them, and #49 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
Ellensburg, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Washington Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 210.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,117 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #49 of 91
- Safer than
- 44% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 20,873
- Reporting agency
- Ellensburg Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ellensburg Police Department (FBI ORI WA0190100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ellensburg, WA
Also known as
- Ellen's Burgh
- Robbers Roost
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. Ellensburg (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ellensburg 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 | 218.8(48) | 252.2(50) | 196.0(36) | 227.4(42) | 210.8(44) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 10.1(2) | 5.4(1) | 5.4(1) | 14.4(3) |
| Rape | 45.6(10) | 45.4(9) | 87.1(16) | 92.0(17) | 71.9(15) |
| Robbery | 36.5(8) | 45.4(9) | 21.8(4) | 21.7(4) | 14.4(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 136.8(30) | 151.3(30) | 81.7(15) | 108.3(20) | 110.2(23) |
| Property crime | 2899.7(636) | 2699.0(535) | 2765.8(508) | 2225.0(411) | 1552.2(324) |
| Burglary | 410.3(90) | 358.2(71) | 402.9(74) | 243.6(45) | 134.1(28) |
| Larceny | 2311.6(507) | 2149.1(426) | 2107.0(387) | 1862.3(344) | 1355.8(283) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 168.7(37) | 186.7(37) | 234.1(43) | 81.2(15) | 28.7(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ellensburg, 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 Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg calculated?
- Ellensburg'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 Ellensburg 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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