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Safety in Rainier · Not graded

Crime reported in Rainier, WA

Rainier has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Washington towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
YelmC4 mi2.716.7
LaceyC−12 mi2.024.3
TumwaterC13 mi2.420.2
OlympiaD14 mi5.432.7
DuPontB15 mi0.912.1
CentraliaC−18 mi3.128.8

Straight-line distance from the center of Rainier. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rainier.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Rainier’s roads in 2019–2023

Rainier had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.

That is about what is typical for Washington towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Rainier’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rainier’s own rate (8.1) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
8.1
per 100,000 a year · Washington towns of 2,500–5,000: 0.0

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.

Next door

Rainier and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

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TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Rainier

Is Rainier, WA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Rainier. Rainier has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Washington towns with a grade are Yelm (C, 4 mi), Lacey (C−, 12 mi), Tumwater (C, 13 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.