Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Liberty Lake, WA Crime Grade
How Liberty Lake 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
4/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Liberty Lake, WA was 124.3 per 100,000 residents (17 incidents over a population of 13,676). That puts Liberty Lake 62% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 56% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Liberty Lake #1,370 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 64% of them, and #32 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 27% year over year and up 6% over the last five years.
Liberty Lake, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Washington Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 124.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,370 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #32 of 91
- Safer than
- 64% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 27%
- 5-year change
- up 6%
- Population
- 13,676
- Reporting agency
- Liberty Lake Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Liberty Lake Police Department (FBI ORI WA0321300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Liberty Lake (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Liberty Lake 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 | 117.6(14) | 209.4(27) | 193.5(25) | 169.6(23) | 124.3(17) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 25.2(3) | 38.8(5) | 31.0(4) | 44.3(6) | 29.2(4) |
| Robbery | 25.2(3) | 23.3(3) | 0.0(0) | 14.8(2) | 7.3(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 67.2(8) | 147.3(19) | 162.6(21) | 110.6(15) | 87.7(12) |
| Property crime | 2150.4(256) | 1915.2(247) | 1749.5(226) | 1541.4(209) | 1272.3(174) |
| Burglary | 420.0(50) | 155.1(20) | 178.0(23) | 236.0(32) | 160.9(22) |
| Larceny | 1579.2(188) | 1566.3(202) | 1408.9(182) | 1194.8(162) | 1009.1(138) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 142.8(17) | 193.8(25) | 162.6(21) | 103.3(14) | 102.4(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Liberty Lake, 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 Liberty Lake 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 Liberty Lake calculated?
- Liberty Lake'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 Liberty Lake 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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