What is the crime rate in Yelm, WA?

In 2025, the Yelm Police Department reported 32 violent crimes and 175 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 267 violent and 1,460 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,984 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: 267
Property per 100,000: 1,460
Violent crimes: 32
Property crimes: 175

Crime reported by the Yelm 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	30	281	182	1,705	10,672
2024	30	277	203	1,876	10,820
2025	32	267	175	1,460	11,984

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 32 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 182 in 2023 to 175 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.

Yelm against Washington and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Yelm	267	1,460
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 Yelm, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Yelm	—	267	1,460
Lacey	10 mi	220	1,948
DuPont	11 mi	123	687
Tumwater	13 mi	283	1,489
Olympia	14 mi	475	2,596
Steilacoom	16 mi	166	573
Lakewood	16 mi	514	2,722
Eatonville	18 mi	523	349

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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