Decision-support ranking comparing Washington cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fife Violent Crime has declined 43% since 2021. |
10.0 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Tacoma Violent Crime has declined 15% since 2021. |
9.4 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Seattle Violent Crime has increased 3% since 2021. |
7.2 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Spokane Violent Crime has increased 2% since 2021. |
6.5 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Vancouver Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
6.3 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Lakewood Violent Crime has declined 14% since 2021. |
6.1 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Olympia Violent Crime has increased 28% since 2021. |
6.0 / 1k | → |
| 8 | Federal Way Violent Crime has increased 9% since 2021. |
5.1 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Shelton Violent Crime has declined 17% since 2021. |
5.0 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Auburn Violent Crime has increased 7% since 2021. |
4.8 / 1k | → |
| 11 | Aberdeen Violent Crime has increased 4% since 2021. |
4.7 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Yakima Violent Crime has declined 17% since 2021. |
4.5 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Kent Violent Crime has increased 10% since 2021. |
4.4 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Burien Violent Crime has declined 12% since 2021. |
4.3 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Seatac Violent Crime has declined 21% since 2021. |
4.2 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Yelm Violent Crime has increased 141% since 2021. |
4.1 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Kennewick Violent Crime has increased 5% since 2021. |
4.0 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Bremerton Violent Crime has increased 5% since 2021. |
3.9 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Milton Violent Crime has increased 52% since 2021. |
3.8 / 1k | → |
| 20 | Moses Lake Violent Crime has increased 42% since 2021. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Puyallup Violent Crime has increased 19% since 2021. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Cheney Violent Crime has increased 71% since 2021. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Port Townsend Violent Crime has increased 157% since 2021. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Airway Heights Violent Crime has declined 26% since 2021. |
3.5 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Port Orchard Violent Crime has declined 29% since 2021. |
3.5 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported Washington cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.