Frederick W. Winters House · Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Bellevue reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Bellevue’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #88 of 130 graded towns in Washington, and #142 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
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 Bellevue
8 of the 8 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Washington towns on Bellevue’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Sammamish (A), Clyde Hill (A−), Medina (B+), Mercer Island (B), Kirkland (B−), Newcastle (C+), Redmond (C), Issaquah (C−). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Bellevue’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.4 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Washington (4.5) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Washington
49.8 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (50 reported in 2025), below the rest of Washington (95.1) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Bellevue reports less crime per resident than 56% (#142). Places like it ↓
A job center
Bellevue has 149,690 jobs based in town for 154,193 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Bellevue’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Bellevue’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime is falling
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Bellevue property | Rest of Washington property | Bellevue violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.9 | 43.8 | 1.6 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 34.4 | 37.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 33.4 | 32.8 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 21.7 | 25.9 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Homicides and robberies
Bellevue’s police reported 1 homicides, 50 robberies and 172 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Washington and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Show as a table
| Year | Bellevue | Rest of Washington | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 70.0 | 122 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 66.5 | 116 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 50.8 | 96.6 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 32.2 | 73.5 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 22 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
3,539 crimes reported in 2025
172 violent and 3,367 property, as reported to the FBI by Bellevue’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
13 people died in crashes on Bellevue’s roads in 2019–2023
Bellevue had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 1.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Washington towns of 100,000+ people (7.0, 9 towns).
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.
Bellevue and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | C− | 1.3 | 29.8 |
| Redmond | C | 1.2 | 25.4 |
| Medina | B+ | 0.1 | 10.1 |
| Issaquah | C− | 0.8 | 30.4 |
| Newcastle | C+ | 0.8 | 21.4 |
| Kirkland | B− | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| Sammamish | A | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Clyde Hill | A− | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| Mercer Island | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Bellevue. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bellevue’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (155,043 in 2025); our figure for Bellevue is 154,193 (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 Bellevue
Is Bellevue, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bellevue reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #88 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 1.3 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 Bellevue?
1.3 violent and 29.8 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 crime going up or down in Bellevue?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Bellevue in 2025?
Bellevue’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Bellevue safer than Redmond?
Redmond reports less crime per resident than Bellevue: Redmond grades C for safety and Bellevue C−. Redmond’s police reported 1.2 violent and 25.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bellevue?
Bellevue’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bellevue”. 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.