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Bellingham Crime Rate Report (Washington)

Bellingham crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Bellingham for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Bellingham in 2019 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 28.02% and the city property crime rate in Bellingham was higher than the national property crime rate average by 38.67%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Bellingham was lower than the violent crime rate in Washington by 7.06% and the city property crime rate in Bellingham was higher than the property crime rate in Washington by 9.09%.

Property and Violent Crime
Bellingham Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Bellingham Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Bellingham Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault158
Arson6
Burglary323
Larceny and Theft2,251
Motor Vehicle Theft115
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape28
Robbery61
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,881
Property Crime2,689
Violent Crime251
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault141
Arson5
Burglary364
Larceny and Theft2,719
Motor Vehicle Theft198
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape49
Robbery59
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,464
Property Crime3,272
Violent Crime251

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Bellingham Property Crime

Bellingham Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Bellingham Crime 2019

Bellingham Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Bellingham Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Bellingham Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Bellingham, Washington crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Bellingham crime report data for 2025 was projected from 20 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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