Cheney, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cheney, WA Summary

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

  • There were 253 total crimes committed in Cheney in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,041.5 total crimes per 100K people in Cheney.
  • The overall crime rate in Cheney is -3.67% below the national average.
  • Cheney ranks #89 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Cheney ranks #7,306 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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Cheney Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cheney is 2,041.5 per 100,000 people. That's -3.67% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -26.90% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cheney
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 253 2,041.5 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 5 40.3 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 26 209.8 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 46 371.2 326.1 359.0
Burglary 26 209.8 398.8 229.0
Larceny 163 1,315.3 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 18 145.2 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 207 1,670.3 2,466.5 1,760.0

Cheney 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 Cheney

46
Violent Crimes
371.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
3.39%
Above The National Average
  • There were 46 violent crimes in Cheney in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cheney is 371.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 269.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cheney each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 3.39% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 13.83% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cheney

207
Property Crimes
1,670.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-5.10%
Below The National Average
  • There were 207 property crimes in Cheney in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cheney is 1,670.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 59.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cheney each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -5.10% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -32.28% lower than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cheney

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Spokane, WA 229,529 12,660 5,515.6 4,840.8 674.9
Spokane Valley, WA 109,852 4,128 3,757.8 3,515.6 242.1
Post Falls, ID 46,835 372 794.3 642.7 151.6
Liberty Lake, WA 13,559 228 1,681.5 1,526.7 154.9
Airway Heights, WA 11,035 471 4,268.2 3,896.7 371.5

Cheney SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
8
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
8.5
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