Wenatchee, WA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 33% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wenatchee, WA shows violent crime at 236.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,786.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 33% 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
236.5/100K violent
2786.9/100K property
-33% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Wenatchee, WA
Comparable rate records
Wenatchee's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Washington cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Wenatchee's 236.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are University Place (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.
Position in the state cohort
Wenatchee sits mid-pack among comparable Washington cities
At 236.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Wenatchee ranks 61 of 164 — above 103 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 208.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 236.5 in 2024 (+13.4%). The highest observed value was 282.6 in 2023 and the lowest 177.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Wenatchee'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.
Wenatchee's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.6 Census sq mi, Wenatchee logged 93.1 property and 7.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Wenatchee's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (72% of 1,074 offenses; mix index 5,410).
Violent offenses are only 8% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.6 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
-16.3%
282.6 → 236.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+5.4%
2644.8 → 2786.9/100K
Property offenses lead Wenatchee's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
990
2786.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
770
2167.6
-
Burglary
151
425.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
69
194.2
-
Arson
4
11.3
-
Violent Crime
84
236.5
352
Aggravated Assault
56
157.6
-
Rape
16
45
-
Robbery
12
33.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Wenatchee Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Wenatchee property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Wenatchee Police Department
Reporting agency for Wenatchee NIBRS-participating
Wenatchee Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Wenatchee's 1,074 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 Wenatchee in population. Their populations run from 31,694 to 41,000, against 35,523 here. Or use our
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Wenatchee at 236.5/100K violent and 2,786.9/100K property - matched below outside Washington (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Wenatchee reported 84 violent crimes and 990 property crimes, for a total of 1,074 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Wenatchee?
From 2023 to 2024, Wenatchee's violent crime rate decreased by 16.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 5.4%.
What is the most common crime in Wenatchee?
The most common crime type in Wenatchee is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.7% of all reported crimes (770 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Wenatchee 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 Wenatchee, WA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.