Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lakewood, WA Crime Grade
How Lakewood 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
10/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lakewood, WA was 505.7 per 100,000 residents (316 incidents over a population of 62,485). That puts Lakewood Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 79% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Lakewood #3,288 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 13% of them, and #85 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 22% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Lakewood, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Washington Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 505.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,288 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #85 of 91
- Safer than
- 13% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 22%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 62,485
- Reporting agency
- Lakewood Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lakewood Police Department (FBI ORI WA0272300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lakewood, WA
Also known as
- Lakewood Center
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. Lakewood (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lakewood 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 | 755.0(463) | 832.8(525) | 754.1(468) | 651.3(403) | 505.7(316) |
| Murder | 8.2(5) | 6.3(4) | 8.1(5) | 6.5(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 47.3(29) | 53.9(34) | 46.7(29) | 63.0(39) | 57.6(36) |
| Robbery | 174.5(107) | 179.2(113) | 170.8(106) | 127.7(79) | 70.4(44) |
| Aggravated assault | 525.1(322) | 593.2(374) | 528.5(328) | 454.2(281) | 377.7(236) |
| Property crime | 4895.2(3,002) | 5240.8(3,304) | 4946.9(3,070) | 3672.0(2,272) | 2699.8(1,687) |
| Burglary | 717.5(440) | 853.4(538) | 655.8(407) | 510.7(316) | 281.7(176) |
| Larceny | 3095.0(1,898) | 2783.8(1,755) | 2330.0(1,446) | 2511.6(1,554) | 2125.3(1,328) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1050.1(644) | 1576.7(994) | 1946.5(1,208) | 630.3(390) | 273.7(171) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lakewood, 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood calculated?
- Lakewood'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 Lakewood 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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