Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Walla Walla, WA Crime Grade
How Walla Walla 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 Walla Walla, WA was 381.6 per 100,000 residents (129 incidents over a population of 33,809). That puts Walla Walla Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 35% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Walla Walla #2,965 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #78 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is up 29% year over year and up 36% over the last five years.
Walla Walla, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Washington Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 381.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,965 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #78 of 91
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 29%
- 5-year change
- up 36%
- Population
- 33,809
- Reporting agency
- Walla Walla Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Walla Walla Police Department (FBI ORI WA0360100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Walla Walla, WA
Also known as
- Steptoe City
- Steptoeville
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. Walla Walla (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Walla Walla 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 | 280.5(93) | 392.3(133) | 362.0(120) | 296.4(98) | 381.6(129) |
| Murder | 3.0(1) | 5.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 6.0(2) | 8.9(3) |
| Rape | 78.4(26) | 85.5(29) | 72.4(24) | 78.6(26) | 59.2(20) |
| Robbery | 21.1(7) | 29.5(10) | 33.2(11) | 30.2(10) | 29.6(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 178.0(59) | 271.4(92) | 256.4(85) | 181.5(60) | 283.9(96) |
| Property crime | 1891.2(627) | 3135.8(1,063) | 2488.5(825) | 2283.6(755) | 1626.8(550) |
| Burglary | 259.4(86) | 607.7(206) | 422.3(140) | 187.5(62) | 207.0(70) |
| Larceny | 1462.9(485) | 2206.6(748) | 1731.4(574) | 1808.7(598) | 1233.4(417) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 150.8(50) | 268.4(91) | 256.4(85) | 223.8(74) | 150.8(51) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Walla Walla, 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 Walla Walla 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 Walla Walla calculated?
- Walla Walla'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 Walla Walla 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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