What is the crime rate in Richland, WA?

In 2025, the Richland Police Department reported 168 violent crimes and 1,329 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 257 violent and 2,036 property crimes per 100,000 of the 65,273 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: 257
Property per 100,000: 2,036
Violent crimes: 168
Property crimes: 1,329

Crime reported by the Richland 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	169	265	1,652	2,589	63,816
2024	166	256	1,275	1,970	64,736
2025	168	257	1,329	2,036	65,273

Violent crimes reported went from 169 in 2023 to 168 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,652 in 2023 to 1,329 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.

Richland against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Richland	257	2,036
Benton County	244	1,887
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 Richland, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Richland	—	257	2,036
West Richland	4.8 mi	118	631
Kennewick	8.4 mi	318	2,679
Pasco	8.4 mi	338	1,643
Prosser	23 mi	211	873
Hermiston	31 mi	237	2,518
Connell	34 mi	140	561
Sunnyside	34 mi	141	2,301
Othello	38 mi	143	1,690

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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