What is the crime rate in Shelton, WA?

In 2025, the Shelton Police Department reported 49 violent crimes and 244 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 453 violent and 2,256 property crimes per 100,000 of the 10,814 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: 453
Property per 100,000: 2,256
Violent crimes: 49
Property crimes: 244

Crime reported by the Shelton 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	79	718	302	2,743	11,010
2024	52	476	265	2,424	10,933
2025	49	453	244	2,256	10,814

Violent crimes reported went from 79 in 2023 to 49 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 302 in 2023 to 244 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.

Shelton against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Shelton	453	2,256
Mason County	251	1,004
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 Shelton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Shelton	—	453	2,256
Olympia	16 mi	475	2,596
Tumwater	19 mi	283	1,489
Lacey	19 mi	220	1,948
Elma	21 mi	113	1,529
DuPont	23 mi	123	687
Steilacoom	25 mi	166	573
Gig Harbor	25 mi	282	2,346

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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