Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
University Place, WA Crime Grade
How University Place 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 University Place, WA was 167.5 per 100,000 residents (59 incidents over a population of 35,225). That puts University Place Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 41% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks University Place #1,802 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #45 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 30% year over year and down 13% over the last five years.
University Place, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Washington Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 167.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,802 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #45 of 91
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 30%
- 5-year change
- down 13%
- Population
- 35,225
- Reporting agency
- University Place Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by University Place Police Department (FBI ORI WA0272400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About University Place, WA
Also known as
- Belmarlow
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. University Place (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
University Place 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 | 191.8(66) | 249.7(87) | 324.6(112) | 239.3(84) | 167.5(59) |
| Murder | 2.9(1) | 2.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 23.3(8) | 25.8(9) | 20.3(7) | 34.2(12) | 11.4(4) |
| Robbery | 55.2(19) | 57.4(20) | 81.2(28) | 28.5(10) | 19.9(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 110.5(38) | 163.6(57) | 223.2(77) | 176.6(62) | 136.3(48) |
| Property crime | 2322.4(799) | 2973.1(1,036) | 2704.0(933) | 1934.5(679) | 1470.5(518) |
| Burglary | 415.6(143) | 353.0(123) | 292.7(101) | 156.7(55) | 204.4(72) |
| Larceny | 1619.0(557) | 1836.7(640) | 1550.5(535) | 1404.6(493) | 1101.5(388) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 281.9(97) | 757.6(264) | 860.8(297) | 367.5(129) | 161.8(57) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the University Place, 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 University Place 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 University Place calculated?
- University Place'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 University Place 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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