What is the crime rate in Oak Harbor, WA?

In 2025, the Oak Harbor Police Department reported 31 violent crimes and 226 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 129 violent and 940 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,049 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: 129
Property per 100,000: 940
Violent crimes: 31
Property crimes: 226

Crime reported by the Oak Harbor 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	16	66	239	984	24,297
2024	32	134	211	886	23,817
2025	31	129	226	940	24,049

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 31 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 239 in 2023 to 226 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.

Oak Harbor against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Oak Harbor	129	940
Island County	78	601
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 Oak Harbor, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Oak Harbor	—	129	940
Anacortes	13 mi	71	1,243
Mount Vernon	17 mi	130	1,494
Burlington	18 mi	114	4,422
Langley	20 mi	0	1,143
Sedro-Woolley	24 mi	97	619
Arlington	24 mi	249	1,758

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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