Edgewood, WA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 39% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Edgewood, WA shows violent crime at 214 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,022 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 39% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
214/100K violent
2022/100K property
-39% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Edgewood, WA
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Edgewood reported 29 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 13,551. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Edgewood's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Edgewood's 214.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Eatonville (215.2), Shoreline (212.1), Longview (216.1), Darrington (204.8). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.8% of reported property offenses in Edgewood, against a cohort median of 73.6%. The remainder is burglary (45) and motor vehicle theft (57). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Edgewood sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 214.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Edgewood ranks 71 of 164 — above 93 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +16.4% 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 close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 214.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 214.0 in 2024 (+0.0%). The highest observed value was 243.4 in 2023 and the lowest 100.7 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Edgewood'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.
Based on 29 reported violent incidents in a population of 13,551. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Edgewood's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.4 Census sq mi, Edgewood logged 32.7 property and 3.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Edgewood leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,866.
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.4 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
-25.5%
2715.9 → 2022/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-12.1%
243.4 → 214/100K
Property offenses lead Edgewood's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WA
Property Crime
274
2022
2498.3
Larceny-Theft
172
1269.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
57
420.6
-
Burglary
45
332.1
-
Arson
1
7.4
-
Violent Crime
29
214
329.3
Aggravated Assault
25
184.5
-
Rape
2
14.8
-
Robbery
2
14.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Edgewood Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Edgewood 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
Edgewood Police Department
Reporting agency for Edgewood NIBRS-participating
Edgewood Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Edgewood's 303 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 Edgewood in population. Their populations run from 12,722 to 14,097, against 13,551 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Edgewood reported 29 violent crimes and 274 property crimes, for a total of 303 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Edgewood?
From 2023 to 2024, Edgewood's violent crime rate decreased by 12.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 25.5%.
What is the most common crime in Edgewood?
The most common crime type in Edgewood is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.8% of all reported crimes (172 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Edgewood 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 Edgewood, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.