Photo: ECTran71 · Public domainIn Mountlake Terrace, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 47% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Across all the graded crimes, Mountlake Terrace lands on C (#64 of 130 graded towns in Washington): more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. On top of that, the yearly rates were 1.7 violent crimes and 22.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.1 and 32.1 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 Mountlake Terrace
Mountlake Terrace reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Washington towns on Mountlake Terrace’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Edmonds (C−), Lynnwood (D−). Brier reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Alderwood Manor is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, closer to the middle
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Mountlake Terrace’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 30% 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 Mountlake Terrace’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Mountlake Terrace’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Mountlake Terrace property | Rest of Washington property | Mountlake Terrace violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.4 | 43.7 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 30.3 | 37.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 21.9 | 32.9 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 15.1 | 25.9 | 1.6 | 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 | Mountlake Terrace | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mountlake Terrace’s police reported 116 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 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 Mountlake Terrace 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
439 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.
42 violent and 397 property, as reported to the FBI by Mountlake Terrace’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Mountlake Terrace’s roads in 2019–2023
Mountlake Terrace 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 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Mountlake Terrace’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mountlake Terrace’s own rate (4.3) 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.
Mountlake Terrace and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountlake Terrace | C | 1.7 | 22.0 |
| Edmonds | C− | 2.1 | 24.9 |
| Brier | — | — | — |
| Lynnwood | D− | 2.9 | 56.8 |
| Alderwood Manor | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Brier reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Alderwood Manor is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountlake Terrace | C | 1.7 | 22.0 |
| Bainbridge Island | B+ | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Kenmore | B+ | 0.6 | 9.0 |
| Mercer Island | B | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Oak Harbor | B | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Moses Lake | D | 4.1 | 36.8 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Mountlake Terrace’s population (25,430), 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 Mountlake Terrace. 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 Mountlake Terrace’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,286 in 2025); our figure for Mountlake Terrace is 25,430 (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 Mountlake Terrace
Is Mountlake Terrace, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mountlake Terrace reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #64 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 1.7 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 Mountlake Terrace?
1.7 violent and 22.0 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.
How many homicides were there in Mountlake Terrace in 2025?
Mountlake Terrace’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 Mountlake Terrace safer than Edmonds?
Edmonds reports more crime per resident than Mountlake Terrace: Edmonds grades C− for safety and Mountlake Terrace C. Edmonds’s police reported 2.1 violent and 24.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mountlake Terrace?
Mountlake Terrace’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mountlake Terrace”. 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.