Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Issaquah, WA Crime Grade
How Issaquah 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
2/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Issaquah, WA was 69.9 per 100,000 residents (27 incidents over a population of 38,612). That puts Issaquah Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 79% below the Washington statewide rate of 331.1.
That ranks Issaquah #768 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 80% of them, and #18 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 35% year over year and up 2% over the last five years.
Issaquah, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Washington Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 69.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #768 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #18 of 91
- Safer than
- 80% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 35%
- 5-year change
- up 2%
- Population
- 38,612
- Reporting agency
- Issaquah Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Issaquah Police Department (FBI ORI WA0170600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Issaquah, WA
Also known as
- Issquah
- Isquah
- Englewood
- Squowh
- Squawk
- Isquowh
- Gilman
- Squak
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. Issaquah (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Issaquah vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 68.9(28) | 46.6(19) | 56.5(22) | 107.8(42) | 69.9(27) |
| Murder | 2.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 19.7(8) | 17.2(7) | 5.1(2) | 25.7(10) | 18.1(7) |
| Robbery | 14.8(6) | 19.6(8) | 36.0(14) | 38.5(15) | 31.1(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 32.0(13) | 9.8(4) | 15.4(6) | 41.0(16) | 20.7(8) |
| Property crime | 2872.7(1,168) | 4062.5(1,655) | 4422.2(1,721) | 3786.8(1,476) | 3265.8(1,261) |
| Burglary | 317.3(129) | 402.6(164) | 357.2(139) | 297.6(116) | 292.7(113) |
| Larceny | 2402.9(977) | 3323.7(1,354) | 3705.3(1,442) | 3135.1(1,222) | 2693.5(1,040) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 147.6(60) | 331.4(135) | 357.2(139) | 343.8(134) | 277.1(107) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Issaquah, 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 Issaquah 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 Issaquah calculated?
- Issaquah'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 Issaquah 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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