Covington, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Covington, WA Summary

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

  • There were 697 total crimes committed in Covington in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,285.3 total crimes per 100K people in Covington.
  • The overall crime rate in Covington is 55.02% above the national average.
  • Covington ranks #134 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Covington ranks #8,827 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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Covington Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Covington is 3,285.3 per 100,000 people. That's 55.02% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 17.64% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Covington
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 697 3,285.3 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 4.7 3.8 5.0
Robbery 13 61.3 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 80.1 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 38 179.1 326.1 359.0
Burglary 67 315.8 398.8 229.0
Larceny 497 2,342.6 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 95 447.8 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 659 3,106.1 2,466.5 1,760.0

Covington 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 Covington

38
Violent Crimes
179.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-50.11%
Below The National Average
  • There were 38 violent crimes in Covington in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Covington is 179.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 558.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Covington each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -50.11% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.07% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Covington

659
Property Crimes
3,106.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
76.49%
Above The National Average
  • There were 659 property crimes in Covington in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Covington is 3,106.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 32.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Covington each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 76.49% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 25.93% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Covington

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tacoma, WA 223,980 14,932 6,666.7 5,603.6 1,063.0
Kent, WA 132,324 5,638 4,260.8 3,771.0 489.7
Auburn, WA 82,838 3,737 4,511.2 3,968.0 543.2
Puyallup, WA 41,898 1,778 4,243.6 3,868.9 374.7
SeaTac, WA 31,950 1,391 4,353.7 3,943.7 410.0
Maple Valley, WA 28,551 451 1,579.6 1,471.1 108.6
Sumner, WA 10,922 399 3,653.2 3,406.0 247.2
Fife, WA 10,612 736 6,935.5 5,917.8 1,017.7
Orting, WA 8,924 108 1,210.2 896.5 313.8
Black Diamond, WA 7,332 31 422.8 395.5 27.3

Covington SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
3
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