West Richland, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In West Richland, WA Summary

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

  • There were 132 total crimes committed in West Richland in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 687.4 total crimes per 100K people in West Richland.
  • The overall crime rate in West Richland is -67.56% below the national average.
  • West Richland ranks #14 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • West Richland ranks #3,095 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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West Richland Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in West Richland is 687.4 per 100,000 people. That's -67.56% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -75.38% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
West Richland
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 132 687.4 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 10.4 3.8 5.0
Robbery 3 15.6 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 21 109.4 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 28 145.8 326.1 359.0
Burglary 20 104.2 398.8 229.0
Larceny 71 369.8 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 13 67.7 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 104 541.6 2,466.5 1,760.0

West Richland 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 West Richland

28
Violent Crimes
145.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-59.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in West Richland in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in West Richland is 145.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 685.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in West Richland each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -59.38% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -55.28% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In West Richland

104
Property Crimes
541.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-69.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 104 property crimes in West Richland in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in West Richland is 541.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 184.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in West Richland each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -69.23% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -78.04% lower than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around West Richland

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Kennewick, WA 85,553 3,275 3,828.0 3,461.0 367.0
Pasco, WA 80,838 2,056 2,543.4 2,195.7 347.6
Richland, WA 64,736 1,418 2,190.4 1,940.2 250.2
Hermiston, OR 19,504 691 3,542.9 3,225.0 317.9
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
Othello, WA 8,989 233 2,592.1 2,213.8 378.2
Toppenish, WA 8,593 392 4,561.9 4,247.6 314.2
Umatilla, OR 7,884 94 1,192.3 976.7 215.6
Prosser, WA 6,444 120 1,862.2 1,629.4 232.8

West Richland SnackAbility

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