Yakima County, WA Crime


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Yakima, WA County is a county located in the state of Washington. It has a population of around 250,000 people. The crime rate in Yakima is lower than the national average for both violent and property crimes. The violent crime rate for Yakima County is 14.5 per 1000 people, compared to 22.7 per 1000 people nationally. Similarly, the property crime rate for Yakima County is 44.9 per 1000 people, compared to 35.4 per 1000 people nationally. This suggests that Yakima County is relatively safe when it comes to criminal activity, and that its citizens are less likely to be victims of a violent or property crime than those in other parts of the country.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Yakima County violent crime is 14.5. (The US average is 22.7)
Yakima County property crime is 44.9. (The US average is 35.4)


NOTE: The city of Yakima, Washington does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Kent, Washington. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Kent, Washington. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Moxee, WA Crime History
*Closest City
Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
2001000002398.1959.21199239.8
2002000003191.51300.21418.4472.8
20032250002252362.21237.31012.4112.5
200400000784.8336.3336.3112.1
2005000004262.31092.92513.7655.7
200669.7069.7002160.3557.51324278.7
2007195.7097.8097.8587.197.8489.20
2008133.3044.444.444.4444.2266.5133.344.4
2009115.30076.938.4807.4307.6422.976.9
2010222.4074.10148.31223.1296.5778.4148.3
201100000982.1148.8684.5148.8
201288.429.529.5029.5471.429.538358.9
201355.6027.8027.8722.6139472.5111.2
201426.400026.4685.8184.6474.826.4
201577.5025.8051.7697.5103.3490.8103.3
2016204.6025.625.6153.4894.9281.3536.976.7
2017121.4048.5072.8606.8267315.524.3
2018194.5024.30170.2486.197.2291.797.2
201924.1024.100505.9120.5313.272.3

   Crime in Nearby Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Moxee, WA24.1505.93,36032019
Union Gap, WA243.49,412.55,75642019
Wapato, WA98.62,858.34,62952017
Yakima, WA446.02,891.681,17082019
Zillah, WA63.72,166.32,535102018
Selah, WA86.31,566.07,753102019
   Crime in Similar Size Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Kent, WA3713,969.4122,1021042019
Renton, WA314.24,042.593,7221062019
Tacoma, WA845.25,220.7199,5861092019
Bellevue, WA123.22,838.2126,0221112019
Gresham, OR442.73,109.5110,6921202019
Vancouver, WA480.53,241.6166,3751212019

   Visualize the relationship between violent and property crime in similar size cities.

   Crime by Location

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Over 7 years ago

Yakima has so many shootings that it is unsafe anywhere in the county. My 10 year old granddaughter lives there with her mother and she personally has seen 3 people shot  More

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