According to WASPC's "Crime in Washington 2023" report,vehicle theft rates have increased 110.2% since 2019 in Washington, while rising 44.9% nationally. That equates to 673.7 vehicles stolen for ...

The state's population gained 116,440 residents from 2020 to 7,772,505, according to the Washington State Office of Financial Management. The number of commissioned law enforcement officers ...

Homicide and car theft rates are up in Washington state, according to data from 2022. But hate crimes went down slightly. A new report from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs ...

Washington’s average of 1.12 officers per 1,000 residents shown in the report is below every other state and Washington D.C., Strachan said, adding the national per capita average is 2.31 per 1,000.

Washington state’s latest crime statistics show a 12.3% increase in violent crime in 2021 over the previous year, and a record number of murders at 325. Hate crimes and other offenses also increased ...

7,772,506 Washington state population, compared to 7,656,066, an increase of 116,440 residents (WA Office of Financial Management) 592 hate crime incidents were reported, an increase of 26 percent ...

Washington State Sen. Jim McCune, R-Graham, writes that violent crime is rising because of bad policy decisions by the Legislature’s Democratic majority and it must be addressed now.