Monroe, WA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 32% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Monroe, WA shows violent crime at 238.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,770.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 32% 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
238.9/100K violent
1770.7/100K property
-32% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Monroe, WA
Comparable rate records
Monroe's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Monroe's 238.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Buckley (240.5), University Place (236.5), Wenatchee (236.5), Spokane Valley (242.1). 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 164.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 238.9 in 2024 (+45.2%). The highest observed value was 317.2 in 2023 and the lowest 164.5 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Monroe sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 238.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Monroe ranks 59 of 164 — above 105 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +29.9% 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 Monroe'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.
Monroe's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.4 Census sq mi, Monroe logged 53.5 property and 7.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Monroe's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 387 offenses; mix index 4,876).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.4 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
-32.7%
2632.6 → 1770.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-24.7%
317.2 → 238.9/100K
Property offenses lead Monroe's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WA
Property Crime
341
1770.7
2498.3
Larceny-Theft
262
1360.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
41
212.9
-
Burglary
38
197.3
-
Arson
1
5.2
-
Violent Crime
46
238.9
329.3
Aggravated Assault
33
171.4
-
Rape
13
67.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Monroe Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Monroe 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
Monroe Police Department
Reporting agency for Monroe NIBRS-participating
Monroe Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Monroe's 387 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 Monroe in population. Their populations run from 18,123 to 20,845, against 19,258 here. Or use our
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Monroe at 238.9/100K violent and 1,770.7/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Monroe reported 46 violent crimes and 341 property crimes, for a total of 387 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Monroe?
From 2023 to 2024, Monroe's violent crime rate decreased by 24.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 32.7%.
What is the most common crime in Monroe?
The most common crime type in Monroe is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.7% of all reported crimes (262 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Monroe 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 Monroe, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.