What is the crime rate in Bothell, WA?

In 2025, the Bothell Police Department reported 44 violent crimes and 525 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 83 violent and 996 property crimes per 100,000 of the 52,714 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: 83
Property per 100,000: 996
Violent crimes: 44
Property crimes: 525

Crime reported by the Bothell 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	52	105	863	1,745	49,453
2024	60	118	706	1,387	50,917
2025	44	83	525	996	52,714

Violent crimes reported went from 52 in 2023 to 44 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 863 in 2023 to 525 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.

Bothell against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bothell	83	996
King County	350	2,711
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 Bothell, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bothell	—	83	996
Kenmore	2.6 mi	37	619
Woodinville	2.9 mi	50	2,318
Brier	3.5 mi	16	404
Lake Forest Park	4.2 mi	38	1,478
Mountlake Terrace	4.8 mi	160	1,529
Kirkland	5.3 mi	67	1,216
Mill Creek	6.3 mi	138	1,528
Edmonds	7.4 mi	208	2,057

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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