Longview, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Longview, WA Summary

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

  • There were 1,287 total crimes committed in Longview in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,391.8 total crimes per 100K people in Longview.
  • The overall crime rate in Longview is 60.05% above the national average.
  • Longview ranks #138 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Longview ranks #8,920 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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Longview Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Longview is 3,391.8 per 100,000 people. That's 60.05% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 21.46% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Longview
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,287 3,391.8 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.6 3.8 5.0
Robbery 13 34.3 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 52 137.0 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 82 216.1 326.1 359.0
Burglary 88 231.9 398.8 229.0
Larceny 1,028 2,709.3 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 89 234.6 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,205 3,175.7 2,466.5 1,760.0

Longview 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 Longview

82
Violent Crimes
216.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-39.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 82 violent crimes in Longview in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Longview is 216.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 462.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Longview each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -39.80% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -33.73% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Longview

1,205
Property Crimes
3,175.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
80.44%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,205 property crimes in Longview in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Longview is 3,175.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 31.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Longview each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 80.44% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 28.75% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Longview

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Vancouver, WA 198,194 7,907 3,989.5 3,407.3 582.3
Battle Ground, WA 22,780 254 1,115.0 1,036.0 79.0
Centralia, WA 18,919 569 3,007.6 2,738.0 269.6
Washougal, WA 16,964 223 1,314.5 1,002.1 312.4
Kelso, WA 12,620 273 2,163.2 1,933.4 229.8
Columbia, PA 10,445 243 2,326.5 2,029.7 296.8
Chehalis, WA 7,603 327 4,300.9 3,919.5 381.4
Woodland, WA 6,477 183 2,825.4 2,701.9 123.5

Longview SnackAbility

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