Bothell, WA has a A safety grade (77/100) with a violent crime rate of 110 per 100,000, 69% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Bothell, WA Crime Rate & Safety
At 50,917 residents, Bothell is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against WA and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Bothell, WA carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 69% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bothell, WA shows violent crime at 110 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,368.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 69% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
110/100K violent
1368.9/100K property
-69% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bothell, WA
Comparable rate records
Bothell's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bothell's 110.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Maple Valley (108.6), South Bend (112.6), Everson (107.0), Oak Harbor (113.4). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 82.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 110.0 in 2024 (+32.9%). The highest observed value was 111.7 in 2021 and the lowest 80.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Bothell sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 110.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bothell ranks 113 of 164 — above 51 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -41.1% against the cohort median of 186.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Bothell'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Bothell's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.6 Census sq mi, Bothell logged 51.1 property and 4.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Bothell's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 753 offenses; mix index 4,904).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-21.6%
1745.1 → 1368.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+4.6%
105.2 → 110/100K
Property offenses lead Bothell's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WA
Property Crime
697
1368.9
2498.3
Larceny-Theft
508
997.7
-
Burglary
114
223.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
75
147.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
56
110
329.3
Aggravated Assault
33
64.8
-
Rape
12
23.6
-
Robbery
11
21.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Bothell Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Bothell 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
Bothell Police Department
Reporting agency for Bothell NIBRS-participating
Bothell Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Bothell's 753 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
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In 2024, Bothell reported 56 violent crimes and 697 property crimes, for a total of 753 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bothell?
From 2023 to 2024, Bothell's violent crime rate increased by 4.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 21.6%.
What is the most common crime in Bothell?
The most common crime type in Bothell is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.5% of all reported crimes (508 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Bothell's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Bothell, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.