Anacortes, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Anacortes, WA Summary

Crime in Anacortes research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Anacortes over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Anacortes:

  • There were 288 total crimes committed in Anacortes in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,589.1 total crimes per 100K people in Anacortes.
  • The overall crime rate in Anacortes is -25.01% below the national average.
  • Anacortes ranks #68 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Anacortes ranks #6,292 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Anacortes Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Anacortes is 1,589.1 per 100,000 people. That's -25.01% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -43.09% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Anacortes
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 288 1,589.1 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.5 3.8 5.0
Robbery 2 11.0 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 11 60.7 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 17 93.8 326.1 359.0
Burglary 23 126.9 398.8 229.0
Larceny 232 1,280.1 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 16 88.3 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 271 1,495.3 2,466.5 1,760.0

Anacortes Crime Compared To Washington Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Washington.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Anacortes

17
Violent Crimes
93.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-73.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Anacortes in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Anacortes is 93.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,066.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Anacortes each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -73.87% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -71.23% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Anacortes

271
Property Crimes
1,495.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-15.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 271 property crimes in Anacortes in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Anacortes is 1,495.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 66.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Anacortes each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -15.04% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -39.37% lower than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Anacortes

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bellingham, WA 95,717 3,931 4,106.9 3,756.9 350.0
Mount Vernon, WA 35,244 693 1,966.3 1,776.2 190.1
Oak Harbor, WA 23,817 236 990.9 877.5 113.4
Burlington, WA 10,762 661 6,142.0 6,067.6 74.3

Anacortes SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
6
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
8
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