What is the crime rate in Olympia, WA?

In 2025, the Olympia Police Department reported 268 violent crimes and 1,465 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 475 violent and 2,596 property crimes per 100,000 of the 56,438 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: 475
Property per 100,000: 2,596
Violent crimes: 268
Property crimes: 1,465

Crime reported by the Olympia 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	321	576	2,143	3,847	55,701
2024	317	568	1,927	3,455	55,775
2025	268	475	1,465	2,596	56,438

Violent crimes reported went from 321 in 2023 to 268 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,143 in 2023 to 1,465 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.

Olympia against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Olympia	475	2,596
Thurston County	252	1,325
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 Olympia, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Olympia	—	475	2,596
Tumwater	3.7 mi	283	1,489
Lacey	4.6 mi	220	1,948
DuPont	13 mi	123	687
Yelm	14 mi	267	1,460
Shelton	16 mi	453	2,256
Steilacoom	17 mi	166	573
Lakewood	19 mi	514	2,722

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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