What is the crime rate in Tumwater, WA?

In 2025, the Tumwater Police Department reported 80 violent crimes and 421 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 283 violent and 1,489 property crimes per 100,000 of the 28,265 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: 283
Property per 100,000: 1,489
Violent crimes: 80
Property crimes: 421

Crime reported by the Tumwater 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	65	243	686	2,568	26,717
2024	55	199	575	2,082	27,617
2025	80	283	421	1,489	28,265

Violent crimes reported went from 65 in 2023 to 80 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 686 in 2023 to 421 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.

Tumwater against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Tumwater	283	1,489
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 Tumwater, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Tumwater	—	283	1,489
Olympia	3.7 mi	475	2,596
Lacey	6.7 mi	220	1,948
Yelm	13 mi	267	1,460
DuPont	15 mi	123	687
Shelton	19 mi	453	2,256
Steilacoom	20 mi	166	573
Lakewood	22 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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