Port Orchard, WA carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 10% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Port Orchard, WA shows violent crime at 388.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,898 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 10% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
388.2/100K violent
2898/100K property
+10% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Port Orchard, WA
Comparable rate records
Port Orchard's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Port Orchard's 388.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Milton (391.3), Moses Lake (394.4), Chehalis (381.4), Othello (378.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Port Orchard reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Washington cities
At 388.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Port Orchard ranks 26 of 164 — above 138 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +111.1% 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 409.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 388.2 in 2024 (-5.3%). The highest observed value was 440.3 in 2022 and the lowest 357.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Port Orchard'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.
Port Orchard's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.6 Census sq mi, Port Orchard logged 56.5 property and 7.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Port Orchard's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 618 offenses; mix index 4,710).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.6 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
-15.2%
3417 → 2898/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+8.5%
357.9 → 388.2/100K
Property offenses lead Port Orchard's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
545
2898
1711
Larceny-Theft
409
2174.8
-
Burglary
84
446.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
52
276.5
-
Arson
7
37.2
-
Violent Crime
73
388.2
352
Aggravated Assault
50
265.9
-
Rape
15
79.8
-
Robbery
8
42.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Port Orchard Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Port Orchard 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
Port Orchard Police Department
Reporting agency for Port Orchard NIBRS-participating
Port Orchard Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Port Orchard's 618 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 Port Orchard in population. Their populations run from 16,964 to 20,133, against 18,806 here. Or use our
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Port Orchard at 388.2/100K violent and 2,898/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Port Orchard reported 73 violent crimes and 545 property crimes, for a total of 618 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Port Orchard?
From 2023 to 2024, Port Orchard's violent crime rate increased by 8.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.2%.
What is the most common crime in Port Orchard?
The most common crime type in Port Orchard is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.2% of all reported crimes (409 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Port Orchard 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 Port Orchard, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.