Sammamish, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sammamish, WA Summary

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

  • There were 365 total crimes committed in Sammamish in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 567.1 total crimes per 100K people in Sammamish.
  • The overall crime rate in Sammamish is -73.24% below the national average.
  • Sammamish ranks #10 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Sammamish ranks #2,524 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.

Additional research about crime in Washington

Sammamish Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sammamish is 567.1 per 100,000 people. That's -73.24% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -79.69% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sammamish
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 365 567.1 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 1 1.6 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 9 14.0 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 18 28.0 326.1 359.0
Burglary 52 80.8 398.8 229.0
Larceny 254 394.7 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 41 63.7 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 347 539.2 2,466.5 1,760.0

Sammamish 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 Sammamish

18
Violent Crimes
28.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-92.21%
Below The National Average
  • There were 18 violent crimes in Sammamish in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sammamish is 28.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 3,575.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sammamish each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -92.21% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -91.42% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sammamish

347
Property Crimes
539.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-69.37%
Below The National Average
  • There were 347 property crimes in Sammamish in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sammamish is 539.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 185.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sammamish each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -69.37% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -78.14% lower than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sammamish

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bellevue, WA 151,520 5,270 3,478.1 3,339.5 138.6
Kent, WA 132,324 5,638 4,260.8 3,771.0 489.7
Redmond, WA 82,746 2,375 2,870.2 2,739.7 130.5
Lynnwood, WA 45,807 2,899 6,328.7 6,064.6 264.2
Issaquah, WA 38,978 1,511 3,876.5 3,768.8 107.8
SeaTac, WA 31,950 1,391 4,353.7 3,943.7 410.0
Des Moines, WA 31,694 997 3,145.7 2,849.1 296.6
Tukwila, WA 20,933 3,385 16,170.6 15,243.9 926.8
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

Sammamish SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
10
Commute
4
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