Fife, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fife, WA Summary

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

  • There were 736 total crimes committed in Fife in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 6,935.5 total crimes per 100K people in Fife.
  • The overall crime rate in Fife is 227.27% above the national average.
  • Fife ranks #169 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Fife ranks #9,764 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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Fife Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fife is 6,935.5 per 100,000 people. That's 227.27% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 148.36% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fife
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 736 6,935.5 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 9.4 3.8 5.0
Robbery 26 245.0 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 74 697.3 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 108 1,017.7 326.1 359.0
Burglary 62 584.2 398.8 229.0
Larceny 402 3,788.2 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 164 1,545.4 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 628 5,917.8 2,466.5 1,760.0

Fife 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 Fife

108
Violent Crimes
1,017.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
183.49%
Above The National Average
  • There were 108 violent crimes in Fife in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fife is 1,017.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 98.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fife each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 183.49% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 212.11% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fife

628
Property Crimes
5,917.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
236.24%
Above The National Average
  • There were 628 property crimes in Fife in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fife is 5,917.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 16.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fife each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 236.24% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 139.93% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fife

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
Lakewood, WA 61,873 2,642 4,270.0 3,621.9 648.1
Puyallup, WA 41,898 1,778 4,243.6 3,868.9 374.7
Edgewood, WA 13,551 303 2,236.0 2,022.0 214.0
Gig Harbor, WA 12,785 405 3,167.8 2,964.4 203.4
Sumner, WA 10,922 399 3,653.2 3,406.0 247.2
Milton, WA 8,690 262 3,015.0 2,623.7 391.3
Pacific, WA 6,827 136 1,992.1 1,801.7 190.4

Fife SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
10
Safety
1
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
5
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