County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
King County, WA
At 2,269,675 residents, King County is a very large county in Washington. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
King County, WA reported 22 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, King County, WA agencies reported 490 violent and 3,374 property offenses. That equals about 22 violent and 149 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
490 violent offenses
22/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for King County, WA
Position in the state cohort
King County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Washington counties
At 21.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, King County ranks 34 of 35 — above 1 of the 34 other Washington counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -66.6% 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 24.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 21.6 in 2024 (-13.0%). The highest observed value was 28.9 in 2022 and the lowest 21.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a very 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 · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
3,374
Burglary
567
Larceny-Theft
1,826
Motor Vehicle Theft
981
Arson
44
Violent Crime
490
Murder
14
Rape
75
Robbery
135
Aggravated Assault
266
Reporting Agency
King County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
King County's crime figures on this page originate from King 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 King County in population. Their populations run from 294,793 to 921,130, against 2,269,675 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.