Sumner, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sumner, WA Summary

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

  • There were 399 total crimes committed in Sumner in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,653.2 total crimes per 100K people in Sumner.
  • The overall crime rate in Sumner is 72.38% above the national average.
  • Sumner ranks #142 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Sumner ranks #9,096 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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Sumner Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sumner is 3,653.2 per 100,000 people. That's 72.38% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 30.82% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sumner
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 399 3,653.2 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 4 36.6 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 20 183.1 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 27 247.2 326.1 359.0
Burglary 71 650.1 398.8 229.0
Larceny 212 1,941.0 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 89 814.9 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 372 3,406.0 2,466.5 1,760.0

Sumner 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 Sumner

27
Violent Crimes
247.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 27 violent crimes in Sumner in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sumner is 247.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 404.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sumner each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.14% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -24.19% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sumner

372
Property Crimes
3,406.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
93.52%
Above The National Average
  • There were 372 property crimes in Sumner in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sumner is 3,406.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 29.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sumner each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 93.52% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 38.09% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sumner

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tacoma, WA 223,980 14,932 6,666.7 5,603.6 1,063.0
Lakewood, WA 61,873 2,642 4,270.0 3,621.9 648.1
Puyallup, WA 41,898 1,778 4,243.6 3,868.9 374.7
Bonney Lake, WA 22,839 431 1,887.1 1,703.2 183.9
Edgewood, WA 13,551 303 2,236.0 2,022.0 214.0
Gig Harbor, WA 12,785 405 3,167.8 2,964.4 203.4
Fife, WA 10,612 736 6,935.5 5,917.8 1,017.7
Milton, WA 8,690 262 3,015.0 2,623.7 391.3
Pacific, WA 6,827 136 1,992.1 1,801.7 190.4
Algona, WA 3,160 50 1,582.3 1,455.7 126.6

Sumner SnackAbility

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