Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 4.0Safety in Mill Creek, WA: what is reported
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Lynnwood (D−), 5 miles away. Mill Creek’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The surrounding 10 miles hold 11 graded places to compare with.
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Mill Creek’s police reported
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| Year | Mill Creek | Rest of Washington | Mill Creek | Rest of Washington |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.2 | 43.7 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 37.6 | 2.1 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 18.3 | 32.9 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | not reported | 25.8 | not reported | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Washington. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
405 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
26 violent and 379 property, as reported to the FBI by Mill Creek’s police.
The nearest Washington towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Mill Creek. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mill Creek.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Mill Creek’s roads in 2019–2023
Mill Creek had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four 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 Mill Creek’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mill Creek’s own rate (3.8) 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.
Mill Creek and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Lake | — | — | — |
| Mill Creek East | — | — | — |
| Silver Firs | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Martha Lake, Mill Creek East and Silver Firs are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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 Mill Creek. 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 Mill Creek’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,687 in 2024); our figure for Mill Creek is 20,902 (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 Mill Creek
Is Mill Creek, WA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Mill Creek. The nearest Washington towns with a grade are Lynnwood (D−, 5 mi), Mukilteo (B−, 6 mi), Bothell (B−, 6 mi).
Who polices Mill Creek?
Mill Creek’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mill Creek”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Mill Creek.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2024, 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.