Mount Vernon, WA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 46% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Mount Vernon, WA shows violent crime at 190.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,776.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 46% 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
190.1/100K violent
1776.2/100K property
-46% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Mount Vernon, WA
Comparable rate records
Mount Vernon's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Mount Vernon's 190.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pacific (190.4), Sultan (189.1), East Wenatchee (191.5), Lacey (186.8). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 199.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 190.1 in 2024 (-4.9%). The highest observed value was 281.6 in 2022 and the lowest 190.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Mount Vernon sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 190.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Mount Vernon ranks 80 of 164 — above 84 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +3.4% 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.
Property counts dominate Mount Vernon'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.
Mount Vernon's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.3 Census sq mi, Mount Vernon logged 50.9 property and 5.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Mount Vernon's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 693 offenses; mix index 5,012).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.3 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
-14.9%
2087.5 → 1776.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-7.2%
204.8 → 190.1/100K
Property offenses lead Mount Vernon's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WA
Property Crime
626
1776.2
2498.3
Larceny-Theft
476
1350.6
-
Burglary
92
261
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
58
164.6
-
Arson
3
8.5
-
Violent Crime
67
190.1
329.3
Aggravated Assault
44
124.8
-
Robbery
18
51.1
-
Rape
4
11.3
-
Murder
1
2.8
-
Mount Vernon Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Mount Vernon 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
Mount Vernon Police Department
Reporting agency for Mount Vernon NIBRS-participating
Mount Vernon Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Mount Vernon's 693 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 Mount Vernon in population. Their populations run from 31,694 to 41,000, against 35,244 here. Or use our
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Mount Vernon at 190.1/100K violent and 1,776.2/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Mount Vernon reported 67 violent crimes and 626 property crimes, for a total of 693 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Mount Vernon?
From 2023 to 2024, Mount Vernon's violent crime rate decreased by 7.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.9%.
What is the most common crime in Mount Vernon?
The most common crime type in Mount Vernon is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.7% of all reported crimes (476 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.