County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Cowlitz County, WA
At 110,730 residents, Cowlitz County is a large county in Washington. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Cowlitz County, WA reported 51 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cowlitz County, WA agencies reported 56 violent and 250 property offenses. That equals about 51 violent and 226 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
56 violent offenses
51/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cowlitz County, WA
Position in the state cohort
Cowlitz County sits mid-pack among comparable Washington counties
At 50.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cowlitz County ranks 23 of 35 — above 12 of the 34 other Washington counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -21.8% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 18.3% of the 306 Part I offenses reported in Cowlitz County for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Washington counties — a gap of 4.8 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 47.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 50.6 in 2024 (+5.7%). The highest observed value was 87.6 in 2023 and the lowest 47.9 in 2020. 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
250
Burglary
68
Larceny-Theft
131
Motor Vehicle Theft
51
Arson
3
Violent Crime
56
Murder
3
Rape
21
Robbery
7
Aggravated Assault
25
Reporting Agency
Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Cowlitz County's crime figures on this page originate from Cowlitz 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
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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.