Lacey, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lacey, WA Summary

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

  • There were 1,563 total crimes committed in Lacey in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,654.9 total crimes per 100K people in Lacey.
  • The overall crime rate in Lacey is 25.28% above the national average.
  • Lacey ranks #116 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Lacey ranks #8,236 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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Lacey Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lacey is 2,654.9 per 100,000 people. That's 25.28% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -4.93% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lacey
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,563 2,654.9 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 3.4 3.8 5.0
Robbery 20 34.0 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 76 129.1 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 110 186.8 326.1 359.0
Burglary 224 380.5 398.8 229.0
Larceny 1,109 1,883.7 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 120 203.8 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,453 2,468.1 2,466.5 1,760.0

Lacey 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 Lacey

110
Violent Crimes
186.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-47.95%
Below The National Average
  • There were 110 violent crimes in Lacey in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lacey is 186.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 535.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lacey each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -47.95% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.70% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lacey

1,453
Property Crimes
2,468.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
40.23%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,453 property crimes in Lacey in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lacey is 2,468.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 40.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lacey each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 40.23% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 0.06% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lacey

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lakewood, WA 61,873 2,642 4,270.0 3,621.9 648.1
Olympia, WA 55,775 2,231 4,000.0 3,435.2 564.8
Tumwater, WA 27,617 628 2,274.0 2,078.4 195.5
Shelton, WA 10,933 314 2,872.0 2,396.4 475.6
Yelm, WA 10,820 233 2,153.4 1,876.2 277.3
Dupont, WA 9,677 113 1,167.7 1,116.0 51.7

Lacey SnackAbility

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