Tacoma, WA crime rate
In 2025 the Tacoma Police Department reported 865.6 violent crimes and 4,030.9 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Washington and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Tacoma compare with Washington and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Tacoma only.
What offenses were reported in Tacoma, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Washington | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,994 | 865.6 | 283.9 | 327.6 | down 18.7% | down 27.1% |
| Murder | 22 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 4.1 | up 6.7% | down 34.0% |
| Rape | 170 | 73.8 | 38.0 | 36.1 | up 3.4% | up 6.5% |
| Robbery | 357 | 155.0 | 51.7 | 49.4 | down 15.3% | down 33.5% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,445 | 627.3 | 191.2 | 238.0 | down 21.7% | down 28.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 9,286 | 4,030.9 | 1,974.8 | 1,534.8 | down 29.2% | down 41.6% |
| Burglary | 1,196 | 519.2 | 314.2 | 193.6 | down 22.8% | down 47.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 6,090 | 2,643.6 | 1,401.6 | 1,144.1 | down 25.7% | down 35.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,896 | 823.0 | 259.0 | 197.0 | down 41.9% | down 51.6% |
| Arson | 104 | 45.1 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 7.4% | down 58.7% |
Reported = offenses known to the Tacoma Police Department and sent to the FBI. Washington and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Tacoma | United States | Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,187.9 | 387.0 | 335.7 |
| 2022 | 1,613.0 | 388.7 | 378.9 |
| 2023 | 1,242.7 | 379.5 | 359.3 |
| 2024 | 1,064.4 | 362.9 | 330.1 |
| 2025 | 865.6 | 327.6 | 283.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Tacoma | United States | Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,896.8 | 1,832.3 | 3,035.5 |
| 2022 | 8,681.1 | 1,973.8 | 3,370.7 |
| 2023 | 7,453.3 | 1,934.1 | 2,891.1 |
| 2024 | 5,695.2 | 1,761.1 | 2,494.4 |
| 2025 | 4,030.9 | 1,534.8 | 1,974.8 |
Is Tacoma safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Tacoma Police Department reported, 865.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Washington's 283.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 18.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Tacoma's violent crime rate was 865.6 per 100,000 residents covered by the Tacoma Police Department in 2025, 3.0 times the FBI's Washington estimate of 283.9. Police there had 1,994 violent crimes reported to the FBI that year, and the rate was 2.6 times the US figure of 327.6. Property crime, at 4,030.9 per 100,000, was 2.0 times the state rate and 2.6 times the national rate.
Property crime fell 29.2% from 2024 to 2025 and 41.6% from 2021, when it stood at 6,896.8. The violent rate fell 18.7% in the last year and 27.1% since 2021. Murder had the largest fall of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 34.0%.
From 2024 to 2025 murder had the largest rise in the group, 6.7%, with 22 homicides in 2025, 9.5 per 100,000. Aggravated assault fell the most from 2024 to 2025, 21.7%, and was 72% of violent crime. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 41.9%, though at 823.0 per 100,000 it was 4.2 times the US rate.
Burglary is down 47.6% from 2021. Every month was reported for each of the 5 years shown, and the department has used NIBRS since 2007. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office reports separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.70 per 1,000 residents (343 officers, 49 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Washington cities
The nearest Washington cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Tacoma Police Department (ORI WA0270300), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Washington and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WA0270300_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tacoma Police Department (WA0270300): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_WA0270300__from-2021-to-2025.json)