Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Port Angeles, WA Crime Grade
How Port Angeles 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
9/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Port Angeles, WA was 372.4 per 100,000 residents (75 incidents over a population of 20,140). That puts Port Angeles 14% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 32% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Port Angeles #2,935 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #77 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 34% year over year and down 34% over the last five years.
Port Angeles, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Washington Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 372.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,935 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #77 of 91
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 34%
- 5-year change
- down 34%
- Population
- 20,140
- Reporting agency
- Port Angeles Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Port Angeles Police Department (FBI ORI WA0050100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Port Angeles, WA
Also known as
- Cherbourg
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. Port Angeles (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Port Angeles 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 | 560.5(115) | 680.1(138) | 572.4(115) | 566.2(114) | 372.4(75) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 9.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 126.7(26) | 152.8(31) | 144.4(29) | 114.2(23) | 64.5(13) |
| Robbery | 73.1(15) | 88.7(18) | 59.7(12) | 49.7(10) | 49.7(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 360.6(74) | 433.7(88) | 368.3(74) | 392.4(79) | 258.2(52) |
| Property crime | 2568.4(527) | 3908.3(793) | 2737.7(550) | 2493.4(502) | 2209.5(445) |
| Burglary | 448.4(92) | 788.6(160) | 428.1(86) | 511.6(103) | 407.1(82) |
| Larceny | 1798.3(369) | 2691.0(546) | 2040.8(410) | 1743.4(351) | 1658.4(334) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 243.7(50) | 394.3(80) | 219.0(44) | 233.4(47) | 124.1(25) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Port Angeles, 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 Port Angeles 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 Port Angeles calculated?
- Port Angeles'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 Port Angeles 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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