What is the crime rate in Lynden, WA?

In 2025, the Lynden Police Department reported 24 violent crimes and 203 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 141 violent and 1,192 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,037 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: 141
Property per 100,000: 1,192
Violent crimes: 24
Property crimes: 203

Crime reported by the Lynden 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	33	202	238	1,455	16,361
2024	31	184	196	1,166	16,805
2025	24	141	203	1,192	17,037

Violent crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 24 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 238 in 2023 to 203 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.

Lynden against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lynden	141	1,192
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 Lynden, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lynden	—	141	1,192
Everson	5.3 mi	61	263
Sumas	9.0 mi	0	772
Blaine	14 mi	277	1,155
Bellingham	14 mi	263	3,275
Sedro-Woolley	32 mi	97	619
Anacortes	33 mi	71	1,243
Burlington	34 mi	114	4,422
Mount Vernon	37 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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