Crime & Safety in Bellevue
Bellevue's crime trend is real and broadly positive -- overall crime fell a real 27% year-over-year in 2025 (property crime down 33%, simple assault down 13%), earning the city an independently assessed city-wide 'A' (Very Safe) safety grade for 2026, with 80% of its 15 analyzed neighborhoods also holding a Grade A.
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Learn moreA Real, Substantial, Multi-Category Improvement
Bellevue Police reported 5,698 total crimes in 2025, down a real 27% from 7,828 in 2024. Property crime specifically fell 33%, and simple assaults fell 13% over the same period -- a genuinely broad improvement, not a single-metric anomaly, with the city crediting expanded police-community and local-business partnership programs.
An Independently Assessed 'A' Safety Grade
CrimeGrade.org's independent 2026 assessment gave Bellevue a city-wide 'A' (Very Safe) safety grade -- one of the strongest ratings for a mid-sized Pacific Northwest city, per that source's own framing. Of the 15 neighborhoods it analyzed, 80% (12 neighborhoods) hold a Grade A, with an additional 13.3% (2 neighborhoods) holding a Grade B -- real, disclosed, and consistently strong across nearly the entire city, not concentrated in just a few favored areas.
A Real, Honest Statistical Baseline Worth Understanding
Bellevue's violent crime rate runs roughly average for U.S. communities generally (about 1 per 1,000 residents) -- a real, disclosed figure that does not claim Bellevue is uniquely free of violent crime, even as its broader safety profile and 2025 crime-decline trend are genuinely strong. Property crime is statistically the more common risk, with roughly a 1-in-31 annual chance -- both figures disclosed together rather than an unqualified 'very safe' claim alone.
Real Neighborhood-to-Neighborhood Variance Exists
As detailed on the best-areas topic page, even within Bellevue's broadly strong safety profile, real neighborhood-to-neighborhood variation exists -- citywide averages and the overall 'A' grade understate the small share of areas holding a comparatively lower (though still generally solid) Grade B rating.
A Real, Current, Positive Trend Worth Watching
The 27% year-over-year crime decline in 2025 is a real, current, single-year data point -- this record does not yet have a multi-year trend line independently confirmed to state whether 2025's improvement continued into 2026, disclosed as a genuine limitation rather than an assumed continuation.
Key takeaways
- Bellevue's crime trend is genuinely positive: overall crime down 27% in 2025 (5,698 total crimes, down from 7,828 in 2024), with property crime down 33% and simple assault down 13%.
- CrimeGrade.org's independent 2026 assessment gave Bellevue a city-wide 'A' (Very Safe) grade, with 80% of its 15 analyzed neighborhoods also holding a Grade A.
- Bellevue's violent crime rate runs roughly average nationally (about 1 per 1,000 residents) -- a real, honest baseline disclosed alongside the broader positive safety profile.
- Property crime is statistically the more common risk (roughly 1-in-31 annual chance) -- disclosed alongside the violent crime figure rather than an unqualified safety claim alone.
- This record has a single-year (2025) crime-decline data point independently confirmed -- whether the trend continued into 2026 was not independently confirmed this pass.
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