What is the crime rate in Moses Lake, WA?

In 2025, the Moses Lake Police Department reported 104 violent crimes and 723 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 380 violent and 2,642 property crimes per 100,000 of the 27,367 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: 380
Property per 100,000: 2,642
Violent crimes: 104
Property crimes: 723

Crime reported by the Moses Lake 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	125	478	1,128	4,310	26,169
2024	107	402	1,143	4,293	26,624
2025	104	380	723	2,642	27,367

Violent crimes reported went from 125 in 2023 to 104 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,128 in 2023 to 723 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.

Moses Lake against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Moses Lake	380	2,642
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 Moses Lake, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Moses Lake	—	380	2,642
Warden	15 mi	172	1,206
Ephrata	18 mi	148	2,381
Soap Lake	21 mi	56	944
Othello	22 mi	143	1,690
Royal City	23 mi	52	413
Quincy	28 mi	245	3,634
Connell	38 mi	140	561
Ritzville	42 mi	294	1,824

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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