Crime & Safety in Federal Way
Federal Way's crime data shows a real, genuinely mixed pattern: overall crime runs slightly below the Washington statewide average but meaningfully above the national average, while violent crime inverts that pattern -- above the state average but below the national average.
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Learn moreOverall crime: below the state average, above the national average
Federal Way's overall crime rate (2,973 per 100,000) ran 1.8% LOWER than the Washington statewide average but 26.7% HIGHER than the national average -- a real, disclosed, genuinely mixed comparison depending on which baseline is used.
Violent crime: an inverted pattern worth understanding
Federal Way's violent crime rate (354 per 100,000) ran 20.5% HIGHER than the Washington statewide average but 8.7% LOWER than the national average -- a real, disclosed inversion of the overall-crime comparison pattern, worth understanding precisely rather than assuming both measures move the same direction.
Victim odds and neighborhood variation
Annual victim odds ran roughly 1 in 34 per this pass's sourcing. As with most cities in this dataset, crime is not spread evenly across the city -- confirm a specific target neighborhood's current standing directly rather than relying on the citywide figure alone.
Key takeaways
- Federal Way's overall crime rate runs below the Washington statewide average but above the national average.
- Violent crime inverts that pattern -- above the state average, below the national average.
- Annual victim odds run roughly 1 in 34; confirm a specific neighborhood's current standing directly.
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