County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Whatcom County, WA
At 226,847 residents, Whatcom County is a large county in Washington. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Whatcom County, WA reported 50 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Whatcom County, WA agencies reported 113 violent and 494 property offenses. That equals about 50 violent and 218 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
113 violent offenses
50/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Whatcom County, WA
Position in the state cohort
Whatcom County sits mid-pack among comparable Washington counties
At 49.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Whatcom County ranks 24 of 35 — above 11 of the 34 other Washington counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -22.9% 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 62.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 49.8 in 2024 (-20.4%). The highest observed value was 62.6 in 2020 and the lowest 49.8 in 2024. 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 18.6% of the 607 Part I offenses reported in Whatcom County for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Washington counties — a gap of 5.1 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.
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
494
Burglary
154
Larceny-Theft
292
Motor Vehicle Theft
48
Arson
6
Violent Crime
113
Murder
0
Rape
30
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
81
Reporting Agency
Whatcom County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Whatcom County's crime figures on this page originate from Whatcom 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 Whatcom County in population. Their populations run from 129,523 to 294,793, against 226,847 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.