University Place, WA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 33% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, University Place, WA shows violent crime at 236.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,923.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 33% 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
236.5/100K violent
1923.1/100K property
-33% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for University Place, WA
Comparable rate records
University Place's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to University Place's 236.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Wenatchee (236.5), Union Gap (234.3), Monroe (238.9), Marysville (233.8). 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 340.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 236.5 in 2024 (-30.6%). The highest observed value was 340.7 in 2020 and the lowest 191.8 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
University Place sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 236.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, University Place ranks 60 of 164 — above 104 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +28.6% 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 University Place'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.
University Place's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.3 Census sq mi, University Place logged 80.9 property and 10 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
University Place's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 758 offenses; mix index 4,606).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-27.1%
324.6 → 236.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-28.9%
2704 → 1923.1/100K
Property offenses lead University Place's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WA
Property Crime
675
1923.1
2498.3
Larceny-Theft
491
1398.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
128
364.7
-
Burglary
56
159.5
-
Arson
2
5.7
-
Violent Crime
83
236.5
329.3
Aggravated Assault
62
176.6
-
Rape
11
31.3
-
Robbery
10
28.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
University Place Crime Trend (2020-2024)
University Place 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
University Place Police Department
Reporting agency for University Place NIBRS-participating
University Place Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind University Place's 758 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 University Place in population. Their populations run from 31,694 to 41,000, against 35,099 here. Or use our
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University Place at 236.5/100K violent and 1,923.1/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
How many crimes were reported in University Place?
In 2024, University Place reported 83 violent crimes and 675 property crimes, for a total of 758 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in University Place?
From 2023 to 2024, University Place's violent crime rate decreased by 27.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 28.9%.
What is the most common crime in University Place?
The most common crime type in University Place is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.8% of all reported crimes (491 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: University Place 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 University Place, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.