Crime & Safety in Spokane
Spokane's crime rate runs genuinely, meaningfully above both national and Washington state averages -- a violent crime rate 87.98% higher than the national rate and 106.96% higher than Washington's statewide rate, per the most recent complete FBI data -- disclosed plainly here rather than minimized in service of an otherwise favorable affordability narrative.
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Learn moreA Real, Meaningfully Elevated Violent Crime Rate
Spokane's violent crime rate runs 674.9 per 100,000 residents -- 87.98% higher than the national rate of 359.0, and 106.96% higher than Washington's statewide rate of 326.1. This is a real, disclosed fact this record does not soften; residents face roughly a 1-in-148 annual chance of being a violent crime victim, per this same source.
Overall and Property Crime Also Run Well Above Both Benchmarks
Spokane's overall crime rate runs 5,515.6 per 100,000 -- 160.27% higher than the national rate and 97.51% higher than Washington's statewide rate. Property crime alone runs 4,840.8 per 100,000, a substantial contributor to the overall figure.
These Figures Reflect the Most Recent Complete FBI Data, Not the Most Current Possible Year
Complete 2025 calendar-year FBI crime data was not yet available as of this record's retrieval date -- the figures above reflect the 2024 calendar year, released by the FBI in October 2025, the most recent complete data available. This record discloses this timing explicitly rather than implying these are the very latest possible figures.
How Spokane's Crime Rate Compares Within This Washington Build
Spokane's violent crime rate runs meaningfully above the rate disclosed for Tacoma elsewhere in this Washington build (7.364 per 1,000, or 7,364 per 100,000 by Tacoma's own differently-sourced metric) -- though the two figures come from different sourcing methodologies and are not directly, precisely comparable on an apples-to-apples basis without further reconciliation. Both cities carry real, honestly disclosed elevated crime rates relative to national benchmarks.
Real Neighborhood-to-Neighborhood Variance Likely Exists, Though Not Independently Confirmed This Pass
As with most cities this size, citywide average crime figures likely understate real neighborhood-to-neighborhood variation across Spokane -- though this research pass did not independently confirm specific, sourced neighborhood-level crime breakdowns for Spokane comparable to the detail sourced for Tacoma elsewhere in this Washington build. This gap is disclosed as a research gap rather than an invented figure; confirm neighborhood-specific crime data directly for any address under serious consideration.
Key takeaways
- Spokane's violent crime rate (674.9 per 100,000) runs 87.98% above the national average and 106.96% above Washington's statewide average, per the most recent complete FBI data.
- Overall crime (5,515.6 per 100,000, +160.27% vs. national) and property crime (4,840.8 per 100,000) also run well above both national and state benchmarks.
- These figures reflect complete 2024 calendar-year FBI data (released October 2025) -- complete 2025 data was not yet available as of this record's retrieval date.
- Spokane's crime rate runs meaningfully elevated, broadly consistent with (though not precisely comparable to) Tacoma's own honestly disclosed elevated rate.
- Real neighborhood-level variance likely exists but was not independently confirmed with specific sourced figures this pass -- disclosed as a research gap.
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