Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Tacoma, WA Crime Grade
How Tacoma 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
10/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Tacoma, WA was 859.5 per 100,000 residents (1,980 incidents over a population of 230,369). That puts Tacoma Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 205% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Tacoma (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Tacoma 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 | 1187.9(2,640) | 1613.0(3,533) | 1242.7(2,769) | 1064.4(2,384) | 859.5(1,980) |
| Murder | 14.4(32) | 18.3(40) | 12.1(27) | 8.9(20) | 9.5(22) |
| Rape | 69.3(154) | 69.4(152) | 70.5(157) | 71.4(160) | 70.8(163) |
| Robbery | 233.1(518) | 340.6(746) | 274.2(611) | 183.1(410) | 155.0(357) |
| Aggravated assault | 871.1(1,936) | 1184.8(2,595) | 885.9(1,974) | 801.0(1,794) | 624.2(1,438) |
| Property crime | 6896.8(15,327) | 8681.1(19,014) | 7453.3(16,608) | 5695.2(12,756) | 3974.9(9,157) |
| Burglary | 991.3(2,203) | 1087.5(2,382) | 762.5(1,699) | 672.4(1,506) | 516.6(1,190) |
| Larceny | 4094.3(9,099) | 4785.3(10,481) | 3708.2(8,263) | 3557.5(7,968) | 2595.4(5,979) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1701.8(3,782) | 2697.4(5,908) | 2926.0(6,520) | 1416.6(3,173) | 817.8(1,884) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Tacoma's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Washington cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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