Kennewick, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Kennewick, WA Summary

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

  • There were 3,275 total crimes committed in Kennewick in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,828.0 total crimes per 100K people in Kennewick.
  • The overall crime rate in Kennewick is 80.63% above the national average.
  • Kennewick ranks #145 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Kennewick ranks #9,185 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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Kennewick Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Kennewick is 3,828.0 per 100,000 people. That's 80.63% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 37.08% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Kennewick
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,275 3,828.0 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 3 3.5 3.8 5.0
Robbery 72 84.2 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 195 227.9 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 314 367.0 326.1 359.0
Burglary 303 354.2 398.8 229.0
Larceny 2,084 2,435.9 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 574 670.9 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 2,961 3,461.0 2,466.5 1,760.0

Kennewick 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 Kennewick

314
Violent Crimes
367.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
2.24%
Above The National Average
  • There were 314 violent crimes in Kennewick in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Kennewick is 367.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 272.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Kennewick each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 2.24% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 12.56% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Kennewick

2,961
Property Crimes
3,461.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
96.65%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,961 property crimes in Kennewick in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Kennewick is 3,461.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 28.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Kennewick each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 96.65% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 40.32% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Kennewick

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Pasco, WA 80,838 2,056 2,543.4 2,195.7 347.6
Richland, WA 64,736 1,418 2,190.4 1,940.2 250.2
Walla Walla, WA 33,062 826 2,498.3 2,214.0 284.3
Hermiston, OR 19,504 691 3,542.9 3,225.0 317.9
West Richland, WA 19,202 132 687.4 541.6 145.8
Pendleton, OR 17,380 537 3,089.8 2,681.2 408.5
Sunnyside, WA 16,220 465 2,866.8 2,589.4 277.4
Grandview, WA 11,210 261 2,328.3 1,900.1 428.2
Umatilla, OR 7,884 94 1,192.3 976.7 215.6

Kennewick SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
7
Commute
8.5
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