Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0For violent crime, Bainbridge Island beats 88% of U.S. towns per resident
Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.4 violent crime and 8.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 4.1 and 32.1 in the rest of Washington. What’s more, its letter overall is B+ (#11 of 130 graded towns in Washington): less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. The crimes the grade counts fell 31% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WA” is every other Washington city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Washington towns on Bainbridge Island’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Seattle (D−). Manchester is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, higher
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Bainbridge Island’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 92% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 74% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bainbridge Island’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bainbridge Island property | Rest of Washington property | Bainbridge Island violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.0 | 43.8 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 37.7 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 9.5 | 33.0 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 25.9 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Washington.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bainbridge Island | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bainbridge Island’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bainbridge Island per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
167 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
8 violent and 159 property, as reported to the FBI by Bainbridge Island’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Bainbridge Island’s roads in 2019–2023
Bainbridge Island had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
That is about what is typical for Washington towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bainbridge Island’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bainbridge Island’s own rate (4.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bainbridge Island and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Island | B+ | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Seattle | D− | 7.5 | 48.1 |
| Manchester | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Manchester is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Island | B+ | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Kenmore | B+ | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Oak Harbor | B | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Mercer Island | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Battle Ground | B | 1.1 | 10.2 |
| Mountlake Terrace | C | 1.7 | 22.0 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Bainbridge Island’s population (24,691), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bainbridge Island. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bainbridge Island’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,564 in 2025); our figure for Bainbridge Island is 24,691 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bainbridge Island
Is Bainbridge Island, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bainbridge Island reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #11 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 0.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bainbridge Island?
0.4 violent and 8.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.1 and 32.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Bainbridge Island safer than Seattle?
Seattle reports more crime per resident than Bainbridge Island: Seattle grades D− for safety and Bainbridge Island B+. Seattle’s police reported 7.5 violent and 48.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bainbridge Island?
Bainbridge Island’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bainbridge Island”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.