Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ferndale, WA Crime Grade
How Ferndale 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
5/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ferndale, WA was 134.3 per 100,000 residents (23 incidents over a population of 17,121). That puts Ferndale 59% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 52% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Ferndale #1,476 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 61% of them, and #38 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is up 22% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Ferndale, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Washington Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 134.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,476 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #38 of 91
- Safer than
- 61% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 22%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 17,121
- Reporting agency
- Ferndale Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ferndale Police Department (FBI ORI WA0370400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ferndale, WA
Also known as
- Jam
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. Ferndale (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ferndale 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 | 143.7(23) | 177.0(28) | 222.0(36) | 110.5(18) | 134.3(23) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 19.0(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 6.2(1) | 31.6(5) | 49.3(8) | 24.6(4) | 58.4(10) |
| Robbery | 12.5(2) | 50.6(8) | 43.2(7) | 12.3(2) | 5.8(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 125.0(20) | 75.9(12) | 129.5(21) | 73.7(12) | 70.1(12) |
| Property crime | 2186.7(350) | 2826.3(447) | 1689.9(274) | 1620.3(264) | 1045.5(179) |
| Burglary | 324.9(52) | 252.9(40) | 117.2(19) | 245.5(40) | 122.7(21) |
| Larceny | 1711.9(274) | 2358.4(373) | 1480.2(240) | 1301.2(212) | 876.1(150) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 149.9(24) | 183.4(29) | 86.3(14) | 73.7(12) | 40.9(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ferndale, 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 Ferndale 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 Ferndale calculated?
- Ferndale'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 Ferndale 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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