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Bellingham Crime Rate Report (Washington)

Bellingham crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Bellingham for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Bellingham in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 20.62% and the city property crime rate in Bellingham was higher than the national property crime rate average by 112%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Bellingham was lower than the violent crime rate in Washington by 8.4% and the city property crime rate in Bellingham was higher than the property crime rate in Washington by 64.77%.

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

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault173
Arson9
Burglary393
Larceny and Theft2,680
Motor Vehicle Theft80
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape26
Robbery53
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,345
Property Crime3,153
Violent Crime252
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault237
Arson15
Burglary514
Larceny and Theft3,185
Motor Vehicle Theft226
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape8
Robbery98
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,118
Property Crime3,926
Violent Crime346

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Bellingham Property Crime

Bellingham Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Bellingham Crime 2025

Bellingham Crime 2026

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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Bellingham crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

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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