Shoreline, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Shoreline, WA Summary

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

  • There were 1,708 total crimes committed in Shoreline in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,744.5 total crimes per 100K people in Shoreline.
  • The overall crime rate in Shoreline is 29.50% above the national average.
  • Shoreline ranks #117 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Shoreline ranks #8,333 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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Shoreline Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shoreline is 2,744.5 per 100,000 people. That's 29.50% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -1.72% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shoreline
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,708 2,744.5 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.6 3.8 5.0
Robbery 56 90.0 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 51 81.9 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 132 212.1 326.1 359.0
Burglary 303 486.9 398.8 229.0
Larceny 942 1,513.6 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 331 531.9 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,576 2,532.4 2,466.5 1,760.0

Shoreline 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 Shoreline

132
Violent Crimes
212.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-40.92%
Below The National Average
  • There were 132 violent crimes in Shoreline in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shoreline is 212.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 471.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shoreline each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -40.92% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.95% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shoreline

1,576
Property Crimes
2,532.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
43.89%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,576 property crimes in Shoreline in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shoreline is 2,532.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 39.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shoreline each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 43.89% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 2.67% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shoreline

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Everett, WA 111,276 3,877 3,484.1 3,219.0 265.1
Lynnwood, WA 45,807 2,899 6,328.7 6,064.6 264.2
Edmonds, WA 42,659 1,391 3,260.7 3,000.5 260.2
Bainbridge Island, WA 24,063 238 989.1 951.7 37.4
Kenmore, WA 23,227 249 1,072.0 1,007.4 64.6
Mountlake Terrace, WA 21,595 515 2,384.8 2,190.3 194.5
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
Lake Forest Park, WA 12,812 224 1,748.4 1,685.9 62.4
Poulsbo, WA 12,236 226 1,847.0 1,691.7 155.3

Shoreline SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
8.5
Commute
5
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