Port Angeles, WA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Port Angeles, WA Summary

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

  • There were 904 total crimes committed in Port Angeles the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,455.4 total crimes per 100K people in Port Angeles.
  • The overall crime rate in Port Angeles is 91.70% above the national average.
  • Port Angeles ranks #136 safest out of 177 cities in Washington.
  • Port Angeles ranks #9,202 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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Port Angeles Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Port Angeles is 4,455.4 per 100,000 people. That's 91.70% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 47.23% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 3,026.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Port Angeles
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 904 4,455.4 3,026.1 2,324.2
Murder 1 4.9 3.9 6.3
Robbery 18 88.7 67.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 88 433.7 187.6 268.2
Violent Crime 136 670.3 293.7 369.8
Burglary 157 773.8 522.1 269.8
Larceny 531 2,617.1 1,854.2 1,401.9
Car Theft 80 394.3 356.1 282.7
Property Crime 768 3,785.1 2,732.4 1,954.4

Port Angeles 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 Port Angeles

136
Violent Crimes
670.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
81.25%
Above The National Average
  • There were 136 violent crimes in Port Angeles in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Port Angeles is 670.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 149.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Port Angeles each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 81.25% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 128.22% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Port Angeles

768
Property Crimes
3,785.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
93.67%
Above The National Average
  • There were 768 property crimes in Port Angeles in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Port Angeles is 3,785.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 26.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Port Angeles each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 93.67% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 38.53% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,732.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Port Angeles

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Oak Harbor, WA 24,858 235 945.4 885.0 60.3
Anacortes, WA 17,990 607 3,374.1 3,285.2 88.9
Poulsbo, WA 11,814 480 4,063.0 3,741.3 321.7
Port Townsend, WA 10,452 164 1,569.1 1,387.3 181.8
Sequim, WA 8,439 330 3,910.4 3,673.4 237.0

Port Angeles SnackAbility

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