What is the crime rate in La Center, WA?

In 2024, the La Center Police Department reported 3 violent crimes and 26 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 64 violent and 552 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,707 residents it serves.

Across Washington the rates were 332 and 2,521.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 64
Property per 100,000: 552
Violent crimes: 3
Property crimes: 26

Crime reported by the La Center Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	3	61	45	919	4,899
2024	3	64	26	552	4,707

Violent crimes reported went from 3 in 2023 to 3 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 45 in 2023 to 26 in 2024.

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

La Center against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
La Center	64	552
Clark County	301	1,865
Washington	332	2,521
United States	363	1,767

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 La Center, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
La Center	—	64	552
Ridgefield	3.0 mi	66	1,062
Woodland	5.5 mi	123	1,388
St. Helens	6.8 mi	288	972
Columbia City	7.1 mi	0	258
Battle Ground	8.7 mi	140	710
Scappoose	12 mi	60	1,211
Kalama	13 mi	95	946

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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