What is the crime rate in Bellingham, WA?

In 2025, the Bellingham Police Department reported 255 violent crimes and 3,174 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 263 violent and 3,275 property crimes per 100,000 of the 96,902 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: 263
Property per 100,000: 3,275
Violent crimes: 255
Property crimes: 3,174

Crime reported by the Bellingham 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	313	330	4,008	4,220	94,968
2024	343	358	3,620	3,782	95,717
2025	255	263	3,174	3,275	96,902

Violent crimes reported went from 313 in 2023 to 255 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 4,008 in 2023 to 3,174 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.

Bellingham against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bellingham	263	3,275
Whatcom County	185	1,739
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 Bellingham, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bellingham	—	263	3,275
Everson	12 mi	61	263
Lynden	14 mi	141	1,192
Sumas	19 mi	0	772
Anacortes	20 mi	71	1,243
Sedro-Woolley	20 mi	97	619
Blaine	21 mi	277	1,155
Burlington	21 mi	114	4,422
Mount Vernon	24 mi	130	1,494

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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