Burlington, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Burlington, WA Summary

Crime in Burlington research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Burlington 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 Burlington:

  • There were 661 total crimes committed in Burlington in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 6,142.0 total crimes per 100K people in Burlington.
  • The overall crime rate in Burlington is 189.82% above the national average.
  • Burlington ranks #165 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Burlington ranks #9,714 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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Burlington Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Burlington is 6,142.0 per 100,000 people. That's 189.82% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 119.94% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Burlington
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 661 6,142.0 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 3 27.9 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 3 27.9 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 8 74.3 326.1 359.0
Burglary 46 427.4 398.8 229.0
Larceny 580 5,389.3 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 27 250.9 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 653 6,067.6 2,466.5 1,760.0

Burlington 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 Burlington

8
Violent Crimes
74.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-79.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Burlington in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Burlington is 74.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,345.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Burlington each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -79.29% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -77.20% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Burlington

653
Property Crimes
6,067.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
244.75%
Above The National Average
  • There were 653 property crimes in Burlington in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Burlington is 6,067.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 16.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Burlington each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 244.75% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 146.00% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Burlington

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Anacortes, WA 18,123 288 1,589.1 1,495.3 93.8
Stanwood, WA 9,466 103 1,088.1 982.5 105.6

Burlington SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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