Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Kennewick, WA Crime Grade
How Kennewick 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
8/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Kennewick, WA was 313.4 per 100,000 residents (274 incidents over a population of 87,424). That puts Kennewick Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Kennewick #2,702 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #69 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Kennewick, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Washington Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 313.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,702 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #69 of 91
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 87,424
- Reporting agency
- Kennewick Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Kennewick Police Department (FBI ORI WA0030100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Kennewick, WA
Also known as
- Dell Haven
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. Kennewick (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Kennewick 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 | 337.6(289) | 480.8(409) | 434.6(370) | 385.7(330) | 313.4(274) |
| Murder | 5.8(5) | 9.4(8) | 7.0(6) | 3.5(3) | 1.1(1) |
| Rape | 67.8(58) | 82.3(70) | 65.8(56) | 57.3(49) | 51.5(45) |
| Robbery | 72.4(62) | 71.7(61) | 83.4(71) | 84.2(72) | 70.9(62) |
| Aggravated assault | 191.6(164) | 317.4(270) | 278.4(237) | 240.8(206) | 189.9(166) |
| Property crime | 3591.3(3,074) | 4690.9(3,990) | 3684.6(3,137) | 3472.7(2,971) | 2672.0(2,336) |
| Burglary | 602.8(516) | 596.1(507) | 433.4(369) | 355.3(304) | 299.7(262) |
| Larceny | 2633.3(2,254) | 3207.2(2,728) | 2653.3(2,259) | 2440.6(2,088) | 2071.5(1,811) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 320.1(274) | 866.5(737) | 579.1(493) | 673.3(576) | 292.8(256) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Kennewick, 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 Kennewick 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 Kennewick calculated?
- Kennewick'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 Kennewick 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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