Washougal, WA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 11% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Washougal, WA shows violent crime at 312.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,002.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 11% 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
312.4/100K violent
1002.1/100K property
-11% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Washougal, WA
Comparable rate records
Washougal's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Washougal's 312.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Orting (313.8), Toppenish (314.2), Des Moines (296.6), McCleary (293.7). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 214.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 312.4 in 2024 (+45.8%). The highest observed value was 312.4 in 2024 and the lowest 214.3 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 23.8% of the 223 Part I offenses reported in Washougal for 2024, against a median of 9.2% across comparable Washington cities — a gap of 14.5 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Washougal sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 312.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Washougal ranks 42 of 164 — above 122 of the 163 other Washington cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +69.9% 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 Washougal'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.
Washougal's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6 Census sq mi, Washougal logged 28.6 property and 8.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Washougal leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,706.
Violent offenses are 24% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+42.5%
219.3 → 312.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-25.5%
1345.6 → 1002.1/100K
Property offenses lead Washougal's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs WA
Property Crime
170
1002.1
2498.3
Larceny-Theft
126
742.7
-
Burglary
26
153.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
18
106.1
-
Arson
3
17.7
-
Violent Crime
53
312.4
329.3
Aggravated Assault
37
218.1
-
Rape
13
76.6
-
Robbery
3
17.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Washougal Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Washougal 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
Washougal Police Department
Reporting agency for Washougal NIBRS-participating
Washougal Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Washougal's 223 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 Washougal in population. Their populations run from 16,220 to 18,806, against 16,964 here. Or use our
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Washougal at 312.4/100K violent and 1,002.1/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Washougal reported 53 violent crimes and 170 property crimes, for a total of 223 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Washougal?
From 2023 to 2024, Washougal's violent crime rate increased by 42.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 25.5%.
What is the most common crime in Washougal?
The most common crime type in Washougal is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.5% of all reported crimes (126 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Washougal 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 Washougal, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.