Moses Lake, WA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Moses Lake, WA Summary

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

  • There were 1,533 total crimes committed in Moses Lake the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,962.9 total crimes per 100K people in Moses Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Moses Lake is 156.56% above the national average.
  • Moses Lake ranks #157 safest out of 177 cities in Washington.
  • Moses Lake ranks #9,598 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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Moses Lake Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Moses Lake is 5,962.9 per 100,000 people. That's 156.56% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 97.05% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 3,026.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Moses Lake
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,533 5,962.9 3,026.1 2,324.2
Murder 2 7.8 3.9 6.3
Robbery 25 97.2 67.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 98 381.2 187.6 268.2
Violent Crime 134 521.2 293.7 369.8
Burglary 193 750.7 522.1 269.8
Larceny 1,103 4,290.3 1,854.2 1,401.9
Car Theft 103 400.6 356.1 282.7
Property Crime 1,399 5,441.7 2,732.4 1,954.4

Moses Lake 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 Moses Lake

134
Violent Crimes
521.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
40.95%
Above The National Average
  • There were 134 violent crimes in Moses Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Moses Lake is 521.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 191.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Moses Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 40.95% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 77.47% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Moses Lake

1,399
Property Crimes
5,441.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
178.43%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,399 property crimes in Moses Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Moses Lake is 5,441.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 18.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Moses Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 178.43% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 99.15% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,732.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Moses Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Othello, WA 8,876 270 3,041.9 2,895.4 146.5
Ephrata, WA 8,465 450 5,316.0 5,079.7 236.3
Quincy, WA 8,413 224 2,662.5 2,496.1 166.4
Warden, WA 2,574 105 4,079.3 4,001.6 77.7
Soap Lake, WA 1,708 71 4,156.9 3,630.0 526.9

Moses Lake SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9
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