Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lynden, WA Crime Grade
How Lynden 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 Lynden, WA was 111.5 per 100,000 residents (19 incidents over a population of 17,037). That puts Lynden 66% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 60% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Lynden #1,254 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 67% of them, and #28 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 40% year over year and down 20% over the last five years.
Lynden, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Washington Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 111.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,254 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #28 of 91
- Safer than
- 67% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 40%
- 5-year change
- down 20%
- Population
- 17,037
- Reporting agency
- Lynden Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lynden Police Department (FBI ORI WA0370500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lynden, WA
Also known as
- Squ-o-hal-itch
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. Lynden (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lynden 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 | 139.3(22) | 116.7(19) | 201.7(33) | 184.5(31) | 111.5(19) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(1) |
| Rape | 44.3(7) | 49.2(8) | 67.2(11) | 41.7(7) | 23.5(4) |
| Robbery | 6.3(1) | 12.3(2) | 18.3(3) | 17.9(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 88.7(14) | 55.3(9) | 116.1(19) | 125.0(21) | 82.2(14) |
| Property crime | 1507.2(238) | 2119.8(345) | 1454.7(238) | 1166.3(196) | 1121.1(191) |
| Burglary | 177.3(28) | 184.3(30) | 122.2(20) | 113.1(19) | 88.0(15) |
| Larceny | 1266.5(200) | 1855.6(302) | 1246.9(204) | 1017.6(171) | 986.1(168) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 57.0(9) | 67.6(11) | 85.6(14) | 35.7(6) | 41.1(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lynden, 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 Lynden 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 Lynden calculated?
- Lynden'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 Lynden 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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