Pickering Farm · Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Issaquah reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, it grades C− for safety (#81 of 130 graded towns in Washington). Still, the graded rate fell 44% from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent crime ran at 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 30.4, against 4.1 and 32.0 in the rest of Washington.
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 Issaquah
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Washington towns on Issaquah’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Sammamish (A), Bellevue (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, closer to the middle
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Issaquah’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 38% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 23% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Issaquah has 30,106 jobs based in town for 39,423 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 Issaquah’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Issaquah’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Issaquah property | Rest of Washington property | Issaquah violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43.5 | 43.7 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 37.7 | 37.5 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 32.7 | 32.9 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 21.1 | 25.8 | 0.5 | 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 | Issaquah | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Issaquah’s police reported 88 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 Issaquah 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
852 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.
19 violent and 833 property, as reported to the FBI by Issaquah’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Issaquah’s roads in 2019–2023
Issaquah had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 5) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Washington towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Issaquah’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Issaquah’s own rate (2.5) 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.
Issaquah and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issaquah | C− | 0.8 | 30.4 |
| Lake Stevens | B+ | 1.1 | 6.9 |
| Edmonds | C− | 2.1 | 24.9 |
| Longview | C− | 2.6 | 31.1 |
| Puyallup | D | 3.5 | 39.5 |
| Lynnwood | D− | 2.9 | 56.8 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Issaquah’s population (39,423), 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 Issaquah. 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 Issaquah’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,556 in 2025); our figure for Issaquah is 39,423 (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 Issaquah
Is Issaquah, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Issaquah reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #81 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 0.8 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 Issaquah?
0.8 violent and 30.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.1 and 32.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Issaquah in 2025?
Issaquah’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Issaquah safer than Sammamish?
Sammamish reports less crime per resident than Issaquah: Sammamish grades A for safety and Issaquah C−. Sammamish’s police reported 0.2 violent and 4.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Issaquah?
Issaquah’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Issaquah”. 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.