What is the crime rate in Longview, WA?

In 2025, the Longview Police Department reported 116 violent crimes and 1,071 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 302 violent and 2,789 property crimes per 100,000 of the 38,401 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: 302
Property per 100,000: 2,789
Violent crimes: 116
Property crimes: 1,071

Crime reported by the Longview 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	107	284	1,300	3,445	37,739
2024	90	237	1,222	3,221	37,944
2025	116	302	1,071	2,789	38,401

Violent crimes reported went from 107 in 2023 to 116 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,300 in 2023 to 1,071 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.

Longview against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Longview	302	2,789
Cowlitz County	171	1,430
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 Longview, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Longview	—	302	2,789
Kelso	4.2 mi	118	1,523
Rainier	5.3 mi	0	1,238
Castle Rock	9.2 mi	41	532
Kalama	11 mi	95	946
Columbia City	19 mi	0	258
Woodland	19 mi	123	1,388
St. Helens	21 mi	288	972
La Center	24 mi	64	552

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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