Lynnwood, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lynnwood, WA Summary

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

  • There were 2,899 total crimes committed in Lynnwood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 6,328.7 total crimes per 100K people in Lynnwood.
  • The overall crime rate in Lynnwood is 198.63% above the national average.
  • Lynnwood ranks #166 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Lynnwood ranks #9,727 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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Lynnwood Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lynnwood is 6,328.7 per 100,000 people. That's 198.63% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 126.63% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lynnwood
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,899 6,328.7 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 4 8.7 3.8 5.0
Robbery 49 107.0 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 56 122.3 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 121 264.2 326.1 359.0
Burglary 231 504.3 398.8 229.0
Larceny 2,284 4,986.1 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 263 574.1 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 2,778 6,064.6 2,466.5 1,760.0

Lynnwood 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 Lynnwood

121
Violent Crimes
264.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-26.42%
Below The National Average
  • There were 121 violent crimes in Lynnwood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lynnwood is 264.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 378.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lynnwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -26.42% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.99% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lynnwood

2,778
Property Crimes
6,064.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
244.58%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,778 property crimes in Lynnwood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lynnwood is 6,064.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 16.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lynnwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 244.58% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 145.88% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lynnwood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Seattle, WA 760,058 43,952 5,782.7 5,007.6 775.1
Everett, WA 111,276 3,877 3,484.1 3,219.0 265.1
Edmonds, WA 42,659 1,391 3,260.7 3,000.5 260.2
Lake Stevens, WA 41,000 314 765.9 648.8 117.1
Bainbridge Island, WA 24,063 238 989.1 951.7 37.4
Mountlake Terrace, WA 21,595 515 2,384.8 2,190.3 194.5
Monroe, WA 19,258 387 2,009.6 1,770.7 238.9
Woodinville, WA 13,804 424 3,071.6 2,991.9 79.7
Poulsbo, WA 12,236 226 1,847.0 1,691.7 155.3
Snohomish, WA 10,265 182 1,773.0 1,607.4 165.6

Lynnwood SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
3
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
4
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