What is the crime rate in Yakima, WA?

In 2025, the Yakima Police Department reported 509 violent crimes and 1,836 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 522 violent and 1,884 property crimes per 100,000 of the 97,467 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: 522
Property per 100,000: 1,884
Violent crimes: 509
Property crimes: 1,836

Crime reported by the Yakima 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	474	489	2,358	2,431	96,991
2024	531	549	1,999	2,068	96,646
2025	509	522	1,836	1,884	97,467

Violent crimes reported went from 474 in 2023 to 509 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,358 in 2023 to 1,836 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.

Yakima against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Yakima	522	1,884
Yakima County	318	1,613
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 Yakima, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Yakima	—	522	1,884
Union Gap	3.7 mi	106	6,617
Selah	3.8 mi	68	798
Moxee	7.5 mi	123	265
Zillah	18 mi	32	805
Toppenish	18 mi	464	2,901
Kittitas	28 mi	0	480
Ellensburg	28 mi	230	1,557
Sunnyside	32 mi	141	2,301

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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