Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Olympia, WA Crime Grade
How Olympia 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 Olympia, WA was 471.3 per 100,000 residents (266 incidents over a population of 56,438). That puts Olympia Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Olympia #3,222 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #83 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and up 4% over the last five years.
Olympia, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Washington Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 471.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,222 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #83 of 91
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- up 4%
- Population
- 56,438
- Reporting agency
- Olympia Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Olympia Police Department (FBI ORI WA0340100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Olympia, WA
Also known as
- Marshville
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. Olympia (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Olympia 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 | 454.7(247) | 530.1(298) | 576.3(321) | 568.4(317) | 471.3(266) |
| Murder | 1.8(1) | 3.6(2) | 3.6(2) | 7.2(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | 574.4(312) | 619.1(348) | 533.2(297) | 570.1(318) | 352.6(199) |
| Larceny | 2772.4(1,506) | 2972.6(1,671) | 2759.4(1,537) | 2499.3(1,394) | 2018.1(1,139) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 500.7(272) | 638.6(359) | 535.0(298) | 371.1(207) | 189.6(107) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Olympia, 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 Olympia 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 Olympia calculated?
- Olympia'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 Olympia 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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