Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pullman, WA Crime Grade
How Pullman 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
5/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Pullman, WA was 153.5 per 100,000 residents (52 incidents over a population of 33,883). That puts Pullman 53% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 46% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Pullman #1,656 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 56% of them, and #41 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is up 10% year over year and up 37% over the last five years.
Pullman, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Washington Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 153.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,656 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #41 of 91
- Safer than
- 56% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 10%
- 5-year change
- up 37%
- Population
- 33,883
- Reporting agency
- Pullman Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pullman Police Department (FBI ORI WA0380300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pullman, WA
Also known as
- Three Forks
History
Was named Three Forks, for the three creeks which form South Fork Palouse River. Renamed Pullman on July 4, 1881 for the railroad car.
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. Pullman (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pullman 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 | 112.0(39) | 106.6(35) | 192.7(63) | 139.0(46) | 153.5(52) |
| Murder | 5.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.0(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 48.8(17) | 48.7(16) | 70.4(23) | 48.3(16) | 64.9(22) |
| Robbery | 11.5(4) | 3.0(1) | 15.3(5) | 6.0(2) | 29.5(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 45.9(16) | 54.8(18) | 107.1(35) | 78.5(26) | 59.0(20) |
| Property crime | 715.0(249) | 968.1(318) | 1015.7(332) | 873.0(289) | 782.1(265) |
| Burglary | 183.8(64) | 155.3(51) | 128.5(42) | 157.1(52) | 88.5(30) |
| Larceny | 511.1(178) | 779.3(256) | 835.2(273) | 667.6(221) | 637.5(216) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 17.2(6) | 33.5(11) | 48.9(16) | 36.2(12) | 50.2(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pullman, 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 Pullman 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 Pullman calculated?
- Pullman'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 Pullman 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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