County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Benton County, WA
At 206,873 residents, Benton County is a large county in Washington. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Benton County, WA reported 33 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Benton County, WA agencies reported 68 violent and 506 property offenses. That equals about 33 violent and 245 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
68 violent offenses
33/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Benton County, WA
Position in the state cohort
Benton County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Washington counties
At 32.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Benton County ranks 32 of 35 — above 3 of the 34 other Washington counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -49.1% against the cohort median of 64.6. Counties 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 47.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 32.9 in 2024 (-31.3%). The highest observed value was 47.9 in 2020 and the lowest 32.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
506
Burglary
96
Larceny-Theft
273
Motor Vehicle Theft
137
Arson
3
Violent Crime
68
Murder
0
Rape
18
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
48
Reporting Agency
Benton County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Benton County's crime figures on this page originate from Benton County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in Washington
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Washington counties closest to Benton County in population. Their populations run from 129,523 to 294,793, against 206,873 here. Or launch the
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.