Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lake Stevens, WA Crime Grade
How Lake Stevens 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
3/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lake Stevens, WA was 97.8 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 41,929). That puts Lake Stevens Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 65% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Lake Stevens #1,116 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 70% of them, and #21 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Lake Stevens, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Washington Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 97.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,116 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #21 of 91
- Safer than
- 70% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 41,929
- Reporting agency
- Lake Stevens Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lake Stevens Police Department (FBI ORI WA0311900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lake Stevens, WA
Also known as
- Stevens Lake
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. Lake Stevens (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lake Stevens 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 | 129.6(46) | 173.8(64) | 114.3(46) | 124.4(51) | 97.8(41) |
| Murder | 2.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 47.9(17) | 38.0(14) | 42.3(17) | 39.0(16) | 19.1(8) |
| Robbery | 8.5(3) | 27.2(10) | 12.4(5) | 17.1(7) | 16.7(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 70.4(25) | 108.6(40) | 57.2(23) | 68.3(28) | 62.0(26) |
| Property crime | 676.1(240) | 1004.7(370) | 785.5(316) | 651.2(267) | 646.3(271) |
| Burglary | 107.0(38) | 152.1(56) | 96.9(39) | 53.7(22) | 69.2(29) |
| Larceny | 453.5(161) | 681.5(251) | 599.1(241) | 507.3(208) | 512.8(215) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 109.9(39) | 165.6(61) | 89.5(36) | 90.2(37) | 64.4(27) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lake Stevens, 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 Lake Stevens 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 Lake Stevens calculated?
- Lake Stevens'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 Lake Stevens 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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