Selah, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Selah, WA Summary

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

  • There were 103 total crimes committed in Selah in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,182.3 total crimes per 100K people in Selah.
  • The overall crime rate in Selah is -44.21% below the national average.
  • Selah ranks #50 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Selah ranks #5,071 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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Selah Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Selah is 1,182.3 per 100,000 people. That's -44.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -57.66% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Selah
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 103 1,182.3 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 11.5 3.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 68.9 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 11 126.3 326.1 359.0
Burglary 10 114.8 398.8 229.0
Larceny 74 849.4 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 8 91.8 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 92 1,056.0 2,466.5 1,760.0

Selah 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 Selah

11
Violent Crimes
126.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 11 violent crimes in Selah in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Selah is 126.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 792.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Selah each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.83% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -61.28% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Selah

92
Property Crimes
1,056.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-40.00%
Below The National Average
  • There were 92 property crimes in Selah in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Selah is 1,056.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 94.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Selah each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -40.00% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.19% lower than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Selah

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Yakima, WA 96,646 2,502 2,588.8 2,044.6 544.3
Ellensburg, WA 18,472 445 2,409.1 2,181.7 227.4
Sunnyside, WA 16,220 465 2,866.8 2,589.4 277.4
Grandview, WA 11,210 261 2,328.3 1,900.1 428.2
Toppenish, WA 8,593 392 4,561.9 4,247.6 314.2
Union Gap, WA 6,403 554 8,652.2 8,417.9 234.3
Moxee, WA 4,983 27 541.8 401.4 140.5

Selah SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
9.5
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