Tumwater, WA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 44% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Tumwater, WA shows violent crime at 195.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,078.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 44% 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
195.5/100K violent
2078.4/100K property
-44% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Tumwater, WA
Comparable rate records
Tumwater's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Tumwater's 195.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Mountlake Terrace (194.5), East Wenatchee (191.5), Pacific (190.4), Mount Vernon (190.1). 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 261.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 195.5 in 2024 (-25.2%). The highest observed value was 261.3 in 2020 and the lowest 195.5 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
Tumwater sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 195.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Tumwater ranks 76 of 164 — above 88 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +6.3% 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 Tumwater'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.
Tumwater's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 17.7 Census sq mi, Tumwater logged 32.3 property and 3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Tumwater's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 628 offenses; mix index 4,842).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (17.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-19.6%
243.3 → 195.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-19.1%
2567.7 → 2078.4/100K
Property offenses lead Tumwater's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WA
vs US avg
Property Crime
574
2078.4
2498.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
421
1524.4
-
-
Burglary
91
329.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
62
224.5
-
-
Arson
1
3.6
-
-
Violent Crime
54
195.5
329.3
352
Aggravated Assault
38
137.6
-
-
Rape
11
39.8
-
-
Robbery
5
18.1
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Tumwater Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Tumwater 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
Tumwater Police Department
Reporting agency for Tumwater NIBRS-participating
Tumwater Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Tumwater's 628 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 Tumwater in population. Their populations run from 23,817 to 31,950, against 27,617 here. Or use our
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Tumwater at 195.5/100K violent and 2,078.4/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Tumwater reported 54 violent crimes and 574 property crimes, for a total of 628 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Tumwater?
From 2023 to 2024, Tumwater's violent crime rate decreased by 19.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 19.1%.
What is the most common crime in Tumwater?
The most common crime type in Tumwater is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.0% of all reported crimes (421 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Tumwater 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 Tumwater, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.