Walla Walla, WA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 19% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Walla Walla, WA shows violent crime at 284.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,214 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
284.3/100K violent
2214/100K property
-19% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Walla Walla, WA
Comparable rate records
Walla Walla's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Walla Walla's 284.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sunnyside (277.4), Yelm (277.3), McCleary (293.7), Des Moines (296.6). 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
Walla Walla sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 284.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Walla Walla ranks 45 of 164 — above 119 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +54.6% 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 82.1% of reported property offenses in Walla Walla, against a cohort median of 73.4%. The remainder is burglary (58) and motor vehicle theft (73). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 270.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 284.3 in 2024 (+5.2%). The highest observed value was 395.3 in 2022 and the lowest 270.2 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Walla Walla'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.
Walla Walla's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 14.1 Census sq mi, Walla Walla logged 52 property and 6.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Walla Walla's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 826 offenses; mix index 5,488).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (14.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-22.1%
365 → 284.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-11%
2488.5 → 2214/100K
Property offenses lead Walla Walla's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
732
2214
1711
Larceny-Theft
601
1817.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
73
220.8
-
Burglary
58
175.4
-
Arson
21
63.5
-
Violent Crime
94
284.3
352
Aggravated Assault
59
178.5
-
Rape
23
69.6
-
Robbery
10
30.2
-
Murder
2
6
-
Walla Walla Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Walla Walla 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
Walla Walla Police Department
Reporting agency for Walla Walla NIBRS-participating
Walla Walla Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Walla Walla's 826 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
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Walla Walla at 284.3/100K violent and 2,214/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Walla Walla reported 94 violent crimes and 732 property crimes, for a total of 826 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Walla Walla?
From 2023 to 2024, Walla Walla's violent crime rate decreased by 22.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 11%.
What is the most common crime in Walla Walla?
The most common crime type in Walla Walla is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.8% of all reported crimes (601 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Walla Walla 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 Walla Walla, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.