What is the crime rate in Anacortes, WA?

In 2025, the Anacortes Police Department reported 13 violent crimes and 227 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 71 violent and 1,243 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,266 residents it serves.

Across Washington the rates were 292 and 2,018.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 71
Property per 100,000: 1,243
Violent crimes: 13
Property crimes: 227

Crime reported by the Anacortes Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	18	99	416	2,290	18,167
2024	18	99	271	1,495	18,123
2025	13	71	227	1,243	18,266

Violent crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 13 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 416 in 2023 to 227 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Anacortes against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Anacortes	71	1,243
Skagit County	110	1,384
Washington	292	2,018
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Anacortes, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Anacortes	—	71	1,243
Oak Harbor	13 mi	129	940
Burlington	14 mi	114	4,422
Mount Vernon	15 mi	130	1,494
Sedro-Woolley	18 mi	97	619
Bellingham	20 mi	263	3,275

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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