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Burien Crime Rate Report (Washington)

Burien crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Burien for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Burien in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 0.25% and the city property crime rate in Burien was higher than the national property crime rate average by 58.44%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Burien was higher than the violent crime rate in Washington by 15.69% and the city property crime rate in Burien was higher than the property crime rate in Washington by 23.14%.

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

Burien Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault86
Arson12
Burglary144
Larceny and Theft786
Motor Vehicle Theft336
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape37
Robbery47
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,504
Property Crime1,266
Violent Crime171
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault107
Arson18
Burglary222
Larceny and Theft833
Motor Vehicle Theft496
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape35
Robbery68
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,788
Property Crime1,550
Violent Crime239

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Burien Property Crime

Burien Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Burien Crime 2025

Burien Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Burien Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Burien Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Burien, 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 Burien crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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