Most Dangerous Cities in Washington (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Washington with the lowest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 12 most dangerous of 25 cities
Not the same cities shown on the safest cities in Washington list. See the full ranked list →
- 1TacomaF4,874per 100k9.6homicide
- 2SeattleE5,155per 100k4.4homicide
- 3SpokaneE4,996per 100k3.5homicide
- 4VancouverD3,442per 100k2.0homicide
- 5LakewoodD3,226per 100k0.0homicide
- 6OlympiaD3,067per 100k0.0homicide
- 7YakimaC2,406per 100k9.2homicide
- 8Federal WayC3,020per 100k8.0homicide
- 9BellinghamC3,535per 100k0.0homicide
- 10BurienC2,822per 100k9.6homicide
- 11Spokane ValleyC3,567per 100k0.9homicide
- 12KennewickC2,991per 100k1.1homicide
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →