Photo: HistoryTheorist · CC BY-SA 4.0In Clyde Hill, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 44% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Clyde Hill grades A− for safety (#10 of 130 graded towns in Washington): less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. On violence it beats 76% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 69%. Its police logs show 0.8 violent crime and 6.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Washington the numbers are 4.0 and 32.0.
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 Clyde Hill
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Washington towns on Clyde Hill’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Yarrow Point (A), Medina (B+), Kirkland (B−), Bellevue (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, higher
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Clyde Hill’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 75% 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 Clyde Hill’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 | Clyde Hill property | Rest of Washington property | Clyde Hill violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.5 | 37.6 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 9.5 | 32.9 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Washington.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Clyde Hill | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Clyde Hill’s police reported 7 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Clyde Hill 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
15 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.
0 violent and 15 property, as reported to the FBI by Clyde Hill’s police.
No one died in a crash on Clyde Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Washington towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Clyde Hill’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Clyde Hill’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Clyde Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Hill | A− | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| Bellevue | C− | 1.3 | 29.8 |
| Yarrow Point | A | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| Kirkland | B− | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| Medina | B+ | 0.1 | 10.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Hill | A− | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| Everson | A | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| Kalama | B | 0.9 | 13.1 |
| Algona | B− | 1.0 | 14.6 |
| Eatonville | C+ | 3.9 | 6.6 |
| Goldendale | C | 1.1 | 26.8 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Clyde Hill’s population (3,161), 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 Clyde Hill. 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 Clyde Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,166 in 2025); our figure for Clyde Hill is 3,161 (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 Clyde Hill
Is Clyde Hill, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Clyde Hill reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #10 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 0.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Clyde Hill?
0.8 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.0 and 32.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Clyde Hill safer than Bellevue?
Bellevue reports more crime per resident than Clyde Hill: Bellevue grades C− for safety and Clyde Hill A−. Bellevue’s police reported 1.3 violent and 29.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Clyde Hill?
Clyde Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Clyde Hill”. 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.