Photo: Jelson25 · CC BY-SA 3.0In Kirkland, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 42% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime is lower than in 75% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in only 29%. All told, Kirkland grades B− for safety (#43 of 130 graded towns in Washington): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, typical years here bring 0.8 violent crime plus 17.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.1 plus 32.3 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 Kirkland
4 of the 8 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Washington towns on Kirkland’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Yarrow Point (A), Clyde Hill (A−), Kenmore (B+), Bothell (B−), Woodinville (C), Redmond (C), Bellevue (C−), Seattle (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, closer to the middle
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Kirkland’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 45% 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 Kirkland’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Kirkland’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (17.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Kirkland property | Rest of Washington property | Kirkland violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.6 | 44.0 | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 37.9 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 20.1 | 33.1 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 26.1 | 0.6 | 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 | Kirkland | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kirkland’s police reported 219 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 Kirkland 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.
1,222 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.
62 violent and 1,160 property, as reported to the FBI by Kirkland’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Kirkland’s roads in 2019–2023
Kirkland had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 4 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is fewer than 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 Kirkland’s size would see about 23 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kirkland’s own rate (1.9) 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.
Kirkland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland | B− | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| Kenmore | B+ | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Seattle | D− | 7.5 | 48.1 |
| Yarrow Point | A | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| Redmond | C | 1.2 | 25.4 |
| Woodinville | C | 0.8 | 26.4 |
| Bellevue | C− | 1.3 | 29.8 |
| Bothell | B− | 1.0 | 13.5 |
| Clyde Hill | A− | 0.8 | 6.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland | B− | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| Yakima | C− | 5.2 | 21.1 |
| Renton | D | 3.4 | 33.9 |
| Kennewick | D | 3.7 | 32.5 |
| Bellingham | D | 3.1 | 37.2 |
| Federal Way | D | 5.1 | 41.3 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Kirkland’s population (97,410), 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 Kirkland. 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 Kirkland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (96,218 in 2025); our figure for Kirkland is 97,410 (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 Kirkland
Is Kirkland, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kirkland reports more crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #43 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 Kirkland?
0.8 violent and 17.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.1 and 32.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Kirkland in 2025?
Kirkland’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Kirkland safer than Kenmore?
Kenmore reports less crime per resident than Kirkland: Kenmore grades B+ for safety and Kirkland B−. Kenmore’s police reported 0.6 violent and 9.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kirkland?
Kirkland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kirkland”. 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.