Issaquah, WA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Issaquah, WA Summary

Crime in Issaquah research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Issaquah over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Issaquah:

  • There were 1,711 total crimes committed in Issaquah the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,396.5 total crimes per 100K people in Issaquah.
  • The overall crime rate in Issaquah is 89.16% above the national average.
  • Issaquah ranks #133 safest out of 177 cities in Washington.
  • Issaquah ranks #9,177 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Issaquah Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Issaquah is 4,396.5 per 100,000 people. That's 89.16% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 45.29% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 3,026.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Issaquah
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,711 4,396.5 3,026.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.9 6.3
Robbery 12 30.8 67.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 12.8 187.6 268.2
Violent Crime 19 48.8 293.7 369.8
Burglary 133 341.8 522.1 269.8
Larceny 1,422 3,653.9 1,854.2 1,401.9
Car Theft 137 352.0 356.1 282.7
Property Crime 1,692 4,347.7 2,732.4 1,954.4

Issaquah Crime Compared To Washington Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Washington.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Issaquah

19
Violent Crimes
48.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-86.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 violent crimes in Issaquah in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Issaquah is 48.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,048.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Issaquah each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -86.80% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -83.38% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Issaquah

1,692
Property Crimes
4,347.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
122.46%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,692 property crimes in Issaquah in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Issaquah is 4,347.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 23.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Issaquah each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 122.46% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 59.11% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,732.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Issaquah

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bellevue, WA 147,079 5,799 3,942.8 3,786.4 156.4
Kent, WA 133,066 7,967 5,987.3 5,528.1 459.2
Auburn, WA 84,279 4,755 5,642.0 5,142.4 499.5
Sammamish, WA 65,738 642 976.6 917.3 59.3
Burien, WA 50,159 2,312 4,609.3 4,112.9 496.4
Des Moines, WA 32,541 1,235 3,795.2 3,491.0 304.2
SeaTac, WA 30,203 1,764 5,840.5 5,208.1 632.4
Tukwila, WA 21,473 4,459 20,765.6 19,992.5 773.1
Woodinville, WA 13,357 553 4,140.2 3,953.0 187.2
Newcastle, WA 12,782 311 2,433.1 2,347.1 86.1

Issaquah SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
7
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
5
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