Safest Cities in Washington (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Washington with the highest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 12 safest of 25 cities
Not the same cities shown on the most dangerous cities in Washington list. See the full ranked list →
- 1SammamishA379per 100k0.0homicide
- 2KirklandA1,277per 100k1.0homicide
- 3MarysvilleB1,497per 100k1.3homicide
- 4RedmondB2,025per 100k0.0homicide
- 5BellevueB2,298per 100k0.6homicide
- 6ShorelineB2,052per 100k2.9homicide
- 7LaceyC2,162per 100k6.8homicide
- 8RichlandC2,281per 100k0.0homicide
- 9PascoC1,975per 100k4.8homicide
- 10KentC2,410per 100k0.7homicide
- 11EverettC2,750per 100k3.5homicide
- 12RentonC2,717per 100k6.7homicide
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 →