Issaquah, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Issaquah, WA Summary

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

  • There were 1,511 total crimes committed in Issaquah in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,876.5 total crimes per 100K people in Issaquah.
  • The overall crime rate in Issaquah is 82.92% above the national average.
  • Issaquah ranks #147 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Issaquah ranks #9,213 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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Issaquah Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Issaquah is 3,876.5 per 100,000 people. That's 82.92% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 38.82% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Issaquah
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,511 3,876.5 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.6 3.8 5.0
Robbery 15 38.5 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 16 41.0 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 42 107.8 326.1 359.0
Burglary 114 292.5 398.8 229.0
Larceny 1,221 3,132.5 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 134 343.8 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,469 3,768.8 2,466.5 1,760.0

Issaquah 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 Issaquah

42
Violent Crimes
107.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-69.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 42 violent crimes in Issaquah in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Issaquah is 107.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 928.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Issaquah each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -69.99% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -66.95% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Issaquah

1,469
Property Crimes
3,768.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
114.14%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,469 property crimes in Issaquah in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Issaquah is 3,768.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 26.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Issaquah each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 114.14% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 52.80% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Issaquah

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bellevue, WA 151,520 5,270 3,478.1 3,339.5 138.6
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
Sammamish, WA 64,358 365 567.1 539.2 28.0
Burien, WA 50,318 1,922 3,819.7 3,394.4 425.3
SeaTac, WA 31,950 1,391 4,353.7 3,943.7 410.0
Des Moines, WA 31,694 997 3,145.7 2,849.1 296.6
Tukwila, WA 20,933 3,385 16,170.6 15,243.9 926.8
Woodinville, WA 13,804 424 3,071.6 2,991.9 79.7
Newcastle, WA 12,636 293 2,318.8 2,271.3 47.5

Issaquah SnackAbility

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