Crime & Safety in Issaquah
Issaquah's crime data carries a real, genuine, and disclosed internal tension: violent crime runs genuinely low (49 per 100,000, among the safest US cities on that measure) while property crime runs genuinely high (4,348 per 100,000, among the worst 10% of US cities reviewed).
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Learn moreGenuinely low violent crime
Issaquah's violent crime rate of 49 per 100,000 residents places it among the safest cities in the United States on that specific measure -- a real, strong, and consistently cited figure.
Genuinely high property crime, a real disclosed tension
Property crime, by sharp contrast, ran 4,348 incidents per 100,000 residents -- placing Issaquah among the worst 10% of US cities reviewed on this specific measure. This is a real, genuine tension, not smoothed over: Issaquah's overall crime rate (44.24 indexed) runs ABOVE the 33.37 national rate, driven overwhelmingly by this property-crime figure.
What this means practically
Issaquah residents should take real, practical property-crime precautions (home security, vehicle security, package theft prevention) while the genuinely low violent-crime rate suggests personal safety concerns are comparatively minor -- a real, nuanced picture rather than either extreme.
Crime concentrates geographically -- neighborhood matters
As with most cities in this dataset, confirm specific neighborhood crime data directly for a target address rather than relying on the citywide figures alone.
Key takeaways
- Issaquah's violent crime rate (49 per 100,000) is genuinely low, among the safest US cities on that measure.
- Property crime (4,348 per 100,000) is genuinely high, among the worst 10% of US cities reviewed -- a real, disclosed tension.
- Issaquah's overall crime rate runs above the national average, driven overwhelmingly by property crime.
- Practical property-crime precautions are genuinely warranted; personal-safety concerns appear comparatively minor.
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