Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Federal Way, WA Crime Grade
How Federal Way 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
9/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Federal Way, WA was 348.7 per 100,000 residents (349 incidents over a population of 100,076). That puts Federal Way Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 24% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Federal Way #2,841 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #75 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and down 36% over the last five years.
Federal Way, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Washington Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 348.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,841 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #75 of 91
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- down 36%
- Population
- 100,076
- Reporting agency
- Federal Way Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Federal Way Police Department (FBI ORI WA0173600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Federal Way (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Federal Way 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 | 547.3(531) | 555.1(539) | 655.0(631) | 555.7(537) | 348.7(349) |
| Murder | 11.3(11) | 8.2(8) | 12.5(12) | 5.2(5) | 8.0(8) |
| Rape | 62.9(61) | 63.9(62) | 50.9(49) | 58.0(56) | 54.0(54) |
| Robbery | 171.1(166) | 158.6(154) | 247.0(238) | 150.1(145) | 69.9(70) |
| Aggravated assault | 302.0(293) | 324.4(315) | 344.6(332) | 342.5(331) | 216.8(217) |
| Property crime | 4935.2(4,788) | 5294.9(5,141) | 5461.9(5,262) | 4416.8(4,268) | 2659.0(2,661) |
| Burglary | 814.3(790) | 748.8(727) | 629.0(606) | 575.4(556) | 246.8(247) |
| Larceny | 3129.3(3,036) | 3002.2(2,915) | 2434.1(2,345) | 2673.1(2,583) | 1924.5(1,926) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 959.6(931) | 1516.1(1,472) | 2367.7(2,281) | 1143.5(1,105) | 471.6(472) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Federal Way, 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 Federal Way 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 Federal Way calculated?
- Federal Way'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 Federal Way 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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