Photo: Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America MC1 Nathan Lockwood/U.S. Navy · Public domainReported crime per resident in Mukilteo fell 34% from 2023 to 2025
Recorded violent crimes ran at 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 15.5, against 4.1 and 32.1 in the rest of Washington. Its Safety Grade, B− (#40 of 130 graded towns in Washington), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns.
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 Mukilteo
Mukilteo reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Washington towns on Mukilteo’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Everett (D). Picnic Point 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 Mukilteo’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 69% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 47% 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 Mukilteo’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Mukilteo’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.5) 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 | Mukilteo property | Rest of Washington property | Mukilteo violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.3 | 43.7 | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 17.9 | 37.6 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 32.9 | 1.1 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 11.5 | 25.9 | 1.1 | 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 | Mukilteo | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mukilteo’s police reported 69 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 Mukilteo 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.
267 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.
23 violent and 244 property, as reported to the FBI by Mukilteo’s police.
No one died in a crash on Mukilteo’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than 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 Mukilteo’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mukilteo’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.
Mukilteo and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mukilteo | B− | 1.1 | 15.5 |
| Picnic Point | — | — | — |
| Everett | D | 3.0 | 32.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Picnic Point 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mukilteo | B− | 1.1 | 15.5 |
| Bonney Lake | C+ | 1.5 | 16.8 |
| Ellensburg | C | 2.1 | 21.2 |
| Covington | C− | 1.4 | 28.5 |
| Arlington | C− | 3.2 | 21.0 |
| Tukwila | D− | 7.7 | 143.0 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Mukilteo’s population (21,239), 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 Mukilteo. 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 Mukilteo’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,247 in 2025); our figure for Mukilteo is 21,239 (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 Mukilteo
Is Mukilteo, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mukilteo reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #40 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 1.1 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 Mukilteo?
1.1 violent and 15.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.1 and 32.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Mukilteo safer than Everett?
Everett reports more crime per resident than Mukilteo: Everett grades D for safety and Mukilteo B−. Everett’s police reported 3.0 violent and 32.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mukilteo?
Mukilteo’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mukilteo”. 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.