What is the crime rate in Othello, WA?

In 2025, the Othello Police Department reported 13 violent crimes and 154 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 143 violent and 1,690 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,115 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: 143
Property per 100,000: 1,690
Violent crimes: 13
Property crimes: 154

Crime reported by the Othello 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	22	242	231	2,538	9,100
2024	35	389	200	2,225	8,989
2025	13	143	154	1,690	9,115

Violent crimes reported went from 22 in 2023 to 13 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 231 in 2023 to 154 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.

Othello against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Othello	143	1,690
Adams County	275	1,374
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 Othello, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Othello	—	143	1,690
Warden	11 mi	172	1,206
Connell	19 mi	140	561
Moses Lake	22 mi	380	2,642
Royal City	22 mi	52	413
West Richland	37 mi	118	631
Richland	38 mi	257	2,036
Ephrata	38 mi	148	2,381
Pasco	39 mi	338	1,643

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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