Gig Harbor, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gig Harbor, WA Summary

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

  • There were 405 total crimes committed in Gig Harbor in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,167.8 total crimes per 100K people in Gig Harbor.
  • The overall crime rate in Gig Harbor is 49.48% above the national average.
  • Gig Harbor ranks #131 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Gig Harbor ranks #8,740 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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Gig Harbor Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gig Harbor is 3,167.8 per 100,000 people. That's 49.48% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 13.44% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gig Harbor
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 405 3,167.8 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 12 93.9 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 9 70.4 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 26 203.4 326.1 359.0
Burglary 33 258.1 398.8 229.0
Larceny 305 2,385.6 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 41 320.7 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 379 2,964.4 2,466.5 1,760.0

Gig Harbor 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 Gig Harbor

26
Violent Crimes
203.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-43.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 26 violent crimes in Gig Harbor in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gig Harbor is 203.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 491.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gig Harbor each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -43.35% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.63% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gig Harbor

379
Property Crimes
2,964.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
68.43%
Above The National Average
  • There were 379 property crimes in Gig Harbor in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gig Harbor is 2,964.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 33.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gig Harbor each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 68.43% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 20.19% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gig Harbor

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
Bremerton, WA 46,079 1,497 3,248.8 2,814.7 434.0
Port Orchard, WA 18,806 618 3,286.2 2,898.0 388.2
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

Gig Harbor SnackAbility

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