Othello, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Othello, WA Summary

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

  • There were 233 total crimes committed in Othello in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,592.1 total crimes per 100K people in Othello.
  • The overall crime rate in Othello is 22.31% above the national average.
  • Othello ranks #114 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Othello ranks #8,157 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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Othello Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Othello is 2,592.1 per 100,000 people. That's 22.31% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -7.18% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Othello
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 233 2,592.1 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 3 33.4 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 20 222.5 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 34 378.2 326.1 359.0
Burglary 33 367.1 398.8 229.0
Larceny 146 1,624.2 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 20 222.5 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 199 2,213.8 2,466.5 1,760.0

Othello 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 Othello

34
Violent Crimes
378.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
5.36%
Above The National Average
  • There were 34 violent crimes in Othello in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Othello is 378.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 264.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Othello each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 5.36% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 16.00% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Othello

199
Property Crimes
2,213.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
25.79%
Above The National Average
  • There were 199 property crimes in Othello in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Othello is 2,213.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 45.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Othello each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 25.79% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -10.24% lower than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Othello

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Kennewick, WA 85,553 3,275 3,828.0 3,461.0 367.0
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
Moses Lake, WA 26,624 1,233 4,631.2 4,236.8 394.4
West Richland, WA 19,202 132 687.4 541.6 145.8
Ephrata, WA 8,722 271 3,107.1 2,923.6 183.4
Quincy, WA 8,557 331 3,868.2 3,622.8 245.4

Othello SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
3
Commute
9
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