Safest Places to Live in Washington of September 2024

Last Update: March 11, 2023 • Living •

Washington State is located in the north-western part of the US. It was named after the legendary George Washington. It is the 13th most populous state in the US, with a population of 7,288,000 people. The capital of Washington is Olympia (50,302 residents), whereas the largest city is Seattle.

The landscape of Washington is dynamic and eye-catching. Diversity can be seen in every corner: mountains, glaciers and bays, ocean, forests, fjords, plains, and even Mount Rainier volcano.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 5,000 residents were not included in the list.

30 Safest Places in Washington of September 2024

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Normandy Park	6 699	1	0,15
2	Lake Forest Park	13 690	3	0,22
3	Brier	7 070	2	0,28
4	Mercer Island	26 408	8	0,30
5	Sammamish	66 820	23	0,34
6	Bainbridge Island	25 080	10	0,40
7	Camas	24 388	10	0,41
8	Snoqualmie	14 183	6	0,42
9	Issaquah	40 651	20	0,49
10	Enumclaw	11 975	6	0,50
11	Maple Valley	27 705	15	0,54
12	East Wenatchee	14 293	8	0,56
13	Duvall	8 244	5	0,61
14	Bothell	47 565	30	0,63
15	North Bend	7 314	5	0,68
16	Liberty Lake	11 043	8	0,72
17	Woodinville	13 068	10	0,77
18	Kenmore	23 430	18	0,77
19	Battle Ground	21 375	17	0,80
20	Mill Creek	21 360	17	0,80
21	Pacific	7 297	6	0,82
22	Newcastle	12 015	10	0,83
23	Othello	8 388	7	0,83
24	Selah	8 110	7	0,86
25	Grandview	11 179	10	0,89
26	Sedro Woolley	12 184	11	0,90
27	Lynden	15 116	14	0,93
28	West Richland	15 343	15	0,98
29	Mukilteo	21 704	22	1,01
30	Redmond	69 501	71	1,02

Crime Score in All Cities in Washington of September 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Washington cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and divided all places between Washington into the following categories:

Under 3,000 Residents
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
10,000 – 30,000 Residents
Over 30,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Skykomish	225	0	0,00
2	Beaux Arts	331	0	0,00
3	Toledo	765	0	0,00
4	Twisp	964	0	0,00
5	Yarrow Point	1 166	0	0,00
6	South Bend	1 680	0	0,00
7	White Salmon	2 655	0	0,00
8	Chewelah	2 673	1	0,37
9	Castle Rock	2 291	1	0,44
10	Ritzville	1 645	1	0,61
11	Sumas	1 529	1	0,65
12	Long Beach	1 441	1	0,69
13	Winlock	1 392	1	0,72
14	Royal City	2 240	2	0,89
15	Newport	2 156	2	0,93
16	Kalama	2 766	3	1,08
17	Ruston	855	1	1,17
18	Bingen	740	1	1,35
19	Tenino	1 873	3	1,60
20	Cle Elum	2 989	5	1,67
21	Raymond	2 976	6	2,02
22	Ilwaco	967	2	2,07
23	Gold Bar	2 370	5	2,11
24	Soap Lake	1 613	4	2,48
25	Darrington	1 429	4	2,80
26	Oakville	690	2	2,90
27	Westport	2 080	7	3,37
28	Roy	828	3	3,62
29	Grand Coulee	2 079	8	3,85
30	Winthrop	457	3	6,56

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Medina	3 337	0	0,00
2	Clyde Hill	3 436	0	0,00
3	Normandy Park	6 699	1	0,15
4	Everson	4 428	1	0,23
5	Moxee	4 151	1	0,24
6	Brier	7 070	2	0,28
7	Duvall	8 244	5	0,61
8	North Bend	7 314	5	0,68
9	Montesano	4 033	3	0,74
10	Pacific	7 297	6	0,82
11	Othello	8 388	7	0,83
12	Selah	8 110	7	0,86
13	La Center	3 324	3	0,90
14	Prosser	6 388	7	1,10
15	Ridgefield	8 955	10	1,12
16	College Place	9 428	11	1,17
17	Orting	8 629	12	1,39
18	Stanwood	7 330	11	1,50
19	Sultan	5 266	8	1,52
20	Fircrest	6 852	11	1,61
21	Quincy	7 977	13	1,63
22	Woodland	6 469	11	1,70
23	Buckley	5 534	10	1,81
24	Algona	3 247	6	1,85
25	Connell	5 772	11	1,91
26	Steilacoom	6 423	13	2,02
27	Ephrata	8 253	17	2,06
28	Burlington	9 219	19	2,06
29	Dupont	9 672	20	2,07
30	Sequim	7 599	16	2,11
31	Union Gap	6 162	15	2,43
32	Goldendale	3 508	9	2,57
33	Forks	3 903	11	2,82
34	Airway Heights	9 545	27	2,83
35	Chehalis	7 682	22	2,86
36	Yelm	9 741	32	3,29
37	Milton	8 381	32	3,82
38	Port Townsend	9 780	41	4,19
39	Toppenish	8 886	54	6,08
40	Eatonville	3 061	19	6,21

10,000 – 30,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Lake Forest Park	13 690	3	0,22
2	Mercer Island	26 408	8	0,30
3	Bainbridge Island	25 080	10	0,40
4	Camas	24 388	10	0,41
5	Snoqualmie	14 183	6	0,42
6	Enumclaw	11 975	6	0,50
7	Maple Valley	27 705	15	0,54
8	East Wenatchee	14 293	8	0,56
9	Liberty Lake	11 043	8	0,72
10	Woodinville	13 068	10	0,77
11	Kenmore	23 430	18	0,77
12	Battle Ground	21 375	17	0,80
13	Mill Creek	21 360	17	0,80
14	Newcastle	12 015	10	0,83
15	Grandview	11 179	10	0,89
16	Sedro Woolley	12 184	11	0,90
17	Lynden	15 116	14	0,93
18	West Richland	15 343	15	0,98
19	Mukilteo	21 704	22	1,01
20	Anacortes	17 483	20	1,14
21	Gig Harbor	10 931	14	1,28
22	Oak Harbor	23 554	31	1,32
23	Sunnyside	16 839	24	1,43
24	Washougal	16 305	24	1,47
25	Bonney Lake	21 574	35	1,62
26	Covington	21 698	36	1,66
27	Poulsbo	11 154	19	1,70
28	Mountlake Terrace	21 617	37	1,71
29	Edgewood	11 981	24	2,00
30	Ellensburg	21 324	45	2,11
31	Arlington	20 043	47	2,34
32	Kelso	12 354	33	2,67
33	Monroe	19 630	58	2,95
34	Tumwater	24 167	73	3,02
35	Cheney	12 632	39	3,09
36	Sumner	10 270	34	3,31
37	Centralia	17 603	60	3,41
38	Aberdeen	16 627	71	4,27
39	SeaTac	29 533	130	4,40
40	Port Orchard	14 684	66	4,49
41	Shelton	10 432	53	5,08
42	Port Angeles	20 207	117	5,79
43	Fife	10 324	78	7,56
44	Tukwila	20 439	158	7,73

Over 30,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Sammamish	66 820	23	0,34
2	Issaquah	40 651	20	0,49
3	Bothell	47 565	30	0,63
4	Redmond	69 501	71	1,02
5	Pullman	34 585	42	1,21
6	Bellevue	150 200	185	1,23
7	Lake Stevens	34 081	44	1,29
8	Mount Vernon	36 274	55	1,52
9	Shoreline	57 216	95	1,66
10	Richland	58 514	100	1,71
11	Wenatchee	34 513	62	1,80
12	Edmonds	43 152	87	2,02
13	Marysville	71 081	144	2,03
14	Lacey	51 816	105	2,03
15	University Place	34 085	88	2,58
16	Des Moines	32 708	86	2,63
17	Longview	38 282	101	2,64
18	Bellingham	91 906	251	2,73
19	Lynnwood	38 847	113	2,91
20	Kennewick	84 072	253	3,01
21	Everett	112 302	341	3,04
22	Spokane Valley	100 983	311	3,08
23	Puyallup	42 509	133	3,13
24	Renton	103 452	325	3,14
25	Federal Way	98 025	330	3,37
26	Burien	52 388	180	3,44
27	Walla Walla	33 047	114	3,45
28	Kent	131 003	486	3,71
29	Bremerton	41 675	168	4,03
30	Yakima	94 168	420	4,46
31	Olympia	53 286	254	4,77
32	Vancouver	185 034	889	4,80
33	Seattle	763 706	4 471	5,85
34	Spokane	220 432	1 520	6,90
35	Lakewood	60 916	461	7,57
36	Tacoma	218 650	1 848	8,45

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