Redmond City Park · Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0For property crime, Redmond trails 86% of U.S. towns per resident
Of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Annual rates stand at 1.2 violent crimes and 25.4 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.1 and 32.1 in the rest of Washington. Across all the graded crimes, Redmond lands on C (#74 of 130 graded towns in Washington): more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, the graded rate fell 36% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Redmond
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Washington towns on Redmond’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Sammamish (A), Kirkland (B−), Bellevue (C−). Union Hill-Novelty Hill and Cottage Lake are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, closer to the middle
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Redmond’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 43% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 27% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Redmond has 118,943 jobs based in town for 82,506 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Redmond’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Redmond’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Redmond property | Rest of Washington property | Redmond violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31.7 | 43.9 | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 30.1 | 37.7 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 27.4 | 33.0 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 19.1 | 25.9 | 1.0 | 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 | Redmond | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Redmond’s police reported 295 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 Redmond 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.
1,707 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.
88 violent and 1,619 property, as reported to the FBI by Redmond’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Redmond’s roads in 2019–2023
Redmond had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 3 were pedestrians.
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 Redmond’s size would see about 19 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Redmond’s own rate (1.6) 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.
Redmond and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond | C | 1.2 | 25.4 |
| Union Hill-Novelty Hill | — | — | — |
| Bellevue | C− | 1.3 | 29.8 |
| Kirkland | B− | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| Sammamish | A | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Cottage Lake | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Union Hill-Novelty Hill and Cottage Lake are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond | C | 1.2 | 25.4 |
| Marysville | C+ | 2.1 | 17.3 |
| Pasco | C− | 3.3 | 20.0 |
| Kennewick | D | 3.7 | 32.5 |
| Bellingham | D | 3.1 | 37.2 |
| Auburn | D | 4.8 | 39.0 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Redmond’s population (82,506), 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 Redmond. 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 Redmond’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (84,564 in 2025); our figure for Redmond is 82,506 (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 Redmond
Is Redmond, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Redmond reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #74 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 1.2 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 Redmond?
1.2 violent and 25.4 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 Redmond in 2025?
Redmond’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 Redmond safer than Bellevue?
Bellevue reports more crime per resident than Redmond: Bellevue grades C− for safety and Redmond C. Bellevue’s police reported 1.3 violent and 29.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Redmond?
Redmond’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Redmond”. 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.