Longview, WA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 39% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Longview, WA shows violent crime at 216.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,175.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 39% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
216.1/100K violent
3175.7/100K property
-39% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Longview, WA
Comparable rate records
Longview's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Longview's 216.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Eatonville (215.2), Edgewood (214.0), Shoreline (212.1), Long Beach (225.5). 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 258.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 216.1 in 2024 (-16.5%). The highest observed value was 354.8 in 2022 and the lowest 216.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 85.3% of reported property offenses in Longview, against a cohort median of 73.4%. The remainder is burglary (88) and motor vehicle theft (89). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Longview sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 216.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Longview ranks 69 of 164 — above 95 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +17.5% 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.
Property counts dominate Longview'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.
Longview's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 14.8 Census sq mi, Longview logged 81.4 property and 5.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Longview's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 1,287 offenses; mix index 6,494).
Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (14.8 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
-23.8%
283.5 → 216.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-7.8%
3444.7 → 3175.7/100K
Property offenses lead Longview's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,205
3175.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
1,028
2709.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
89
234.6
-
Burglary
88
231.9
-
Arson
7
18.4
-
Violent Crime
82
216.1
352
Aggravated Assault
52
137
-
Rape
16
42.2
-
Robbery
13
34.3
-
Murder
1
2.6
-
Longview Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Longview 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
Longview Police Department
Reporting agency for Longview NIBRS-participating
Longview Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Longview's 1,287 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 Longview in population. Their populations run from 33,062 to 42,659, against 37,944 here. Or use our
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Longview at 216.1/100K violent and 3,175.7/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Longview reported 82 violent crimes and 1,205 property crimes, for a total of 1,287 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Longview?
From 2023 to 2024, Longview's violent crime rate decreased by 23.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 7.8%.
What is the most common crime in Longview?
The most common crime type in Longview is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.9% of all reported crimes (1,028 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Longview 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 Longview, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.