Wenatchee, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Wenatchee, WA Summary

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

  • There were 1,074 total crimes committed in Wenatchee in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,023.4 total crimes per 100K people in Wenatchee.
  • The overall crime rate in Wenatchee is 42.66% above the national average.
  • Wenatchee ranks #125 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Wenatchee ranks #8,606 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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Wenatchee Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wenatchee is 3,023.4 per 100,000 people. That's 42.66% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 8.27% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wenatchee
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,074 3,023.4 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 12 33.8 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 56 157.6 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 84 236.5 326.1 359.0
Burglary 151 425.1 398.8 229.0
Larceny 770 2,167.6 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 69 194.2 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 990 2,786.9 2,466.5 1,760.0

Wenatchee 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 Wenatchee

84
Violent Crimes
236.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-34.13%
Below The National Average
  • There were 84 violent crimes in Wenatchee in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wenatchee is 236.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 422.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wenatchee each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -34.13% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -27.48% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wenatchee

990
Property Crimes
2,786.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
58.35%
Above The National Average
  • There were 990 property crimes in Wenatchee in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wenatchee is 2,786.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wenatchee each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 58.35% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 12.99% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wenatchee

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Ellensburg, WA 18,472 445 2,409.1 2,181.7 227.4
East Wenatchee, WA 14,097 315 2,234.5 2,043.0 191.5
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

Wenatchee SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
7
Amenities
9.5
Education
6
Commute
9
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