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Violent crimes in Washington

Violent crimes in Washington was 22,715 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 13.5% from 2024. That is the 16th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count22,715
Change on 2024-13.5%
Rank16th of 51US states ranked
Series high29,5042022
Series low15,9861983

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Violent crimes in Washington, 1979 to 2025

15K20K25K30K19791986199320002007201420251979: 17,064 count1980: 19,098 count1981: 18,839 count1982: 17,251 count1983: 15,986 count1984: 17,676 count1985: 18,757 count1986: 19,505 count1987: 19,945 count1988: 21,543 count1989: 22,460 count1990: 24,410 count1991: 26,224 count1992: 27,454 count1993: 27,040 count1994: 27,317 count1995: 26,300 count1996: 23,857 count1997: 24,724 count1998: 24,380 count1999: 21,716 count2000: 21,788 count2001: 21,258 count2002: 20,964 count2003: 21,272 count2004: 21,330 count2005: 21,745 count2006: 22,303 count2007: 21,768 count2008: 21,888 count2009: 22,412 count2010: 21,138 count2011: 20,152 count2012: 20,553 count2013: 20,223 count2014: 20,185 count2015: 20,505 count2016: 22,101 count2017: 22,483 count2018: 23,719 count2019: 23,095 count2020: 22,596 count2021: 25,987 count2022: 29,504 count2023: 28,231 count2024: 26,272 count2025: 22,715 count15K20K25K30K19791995201120251979: 17,064 count1980: 19,098 count1981: 18,839 count1982: 17,251 count1983: 15,986 count1984: 17,676 count1985: 18,757 count1986: 19,505 count1987: 19,945 count1988: 21,543 count1989: 22,460 count1990: 24,410 count1991: 26,224 count1992: 27,454 count1993: 27,040 count1994: 27,317 count1995: 26,300 count1996: 23,857 count1997: 24,724 count1998: 24,380 count1999: 21,716 count2000: 21,788 count2001: 21,258 count2002: 20,964 count2003: 21,272 count2004: 21,330 count2005: 21,745 count2006: 22,303 count2007: 21,768 count2008: 21,888 count2009: 22,412 count2010: 21,138 count2011: 20,152 count2012: 20,553 count2013: 20,223 count2014: 20,185 count2015: 20,505 count2016: 22,101 count2017: 22,483 count2018: 23,719 count2019: 23,095 count2020: 22,596 count2021: 25,987 count2022: 29,504 count2023: 28,231 count2024: 26,272 count2025: 22,715 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
202522,715
202426,272
202328,231
202229,504
202125,987
202022,596
201923,095
201823,719
201722,483
201622,101
201520,505
201420,185
201320,223
201220,553
201120,152
201021,138
200922,412
200821,888
200721,768
200622,303
200521,745
200421,330
200321,272
200220,964
200121,258
200021,788
199921,716
199824,380
199724,724
199623,857
199526,300
199427,317
199327,040
199227,454
199126,224
199024,410
198922,460
198821,543
198719,945
198619,505
198518,757
198417,676
198315,986
198217,251
198118,839
198019,098
197917,064

Compared with United States

Place2025
Washington22,715
United States1,119,768

Washington compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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Violent crimes, 2025, count. Washington is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, Washington, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Washington, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/washington. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, Washington, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/washington.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Washington, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/washington (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the violent crimes in Washington?

Violent crimes in Washington was 22,715 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 13.5% from 2024. That is the 16th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in Washington?

29,504 in 2022, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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