Aberdeen, WA carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 5% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Aberdeen, WA shows violent crime at 370.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,974.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 5% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
370.4/100K violent
2974.7/100K property
+5% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Aberdeen, WA
Comparable rate records
Aberdeen's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Aberdeen's 370.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cheney (371.2), Airway Heights (371.5), Kennewick (367.0), Puyallup (374.7). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Aberdeen reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Washington cities
At 370.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Aberdeen ranks 32 of 164 — above 132 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +101.4% against the cohort median of 183.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 334.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 370.4 in 2024 (+10.7%). The highest observed value was 438.3 in 2022 and the lowest 309.1 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Aberdeen's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Aberdeen's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.9 Census sq mi, Aberdeen logged 46.5 property and 5.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Aberdeen's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (71% of 569 offenses; mix index 5,248).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-14.1%
431.4 → 370.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-10.6%
3328.5 → 2974.7/100K
Property offenses lead Aberdeen's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
506
2974.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
404
2375.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
53
311.6
-
Burglary
49
288.1
-
Arson
7
41.2
-
Violent Crime
63
370.4
352
Aggravated Assault
28
164.6
-
Rape
22
129.3
-
Robbery
13
76.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Aberdeen Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Aberdeen property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Aberdeen Police Department
Reporting agency for Aberdeen NIBRS-participating
Aberdeen Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Aberdeen's 569 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Washington
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Washington cities closest to Aberdeen in population. Their populations run from 16,220 to 18,806, against 17,010 here. Or use our
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Aberdeen at 370.4/100K violent and 2,974.7/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Aberdeen reported 63 violent crimes and 506 property crimes, for a total of 569 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Aberdeen?
From 2023 to 2024, Aberdeen's violent crime rate decreased by 14.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 10.6%.
What is the most common crime in Aberdeen?
The most common crime type in Aberdeen is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.0% of all reported crimes (404 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Aberdeen figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Aberdeen, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.