Photo: Corbin Harder · CC BY-SA 4.0More property crime is recorded per resident in Richland than in 81% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 19% from 2023 to 2025. Across all the graded crimes, Richland lands on C (#78 of 130 graded towns in Washington): more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 2.5 violent crimes and 21.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 4.1 and 32.2 in the rest of Washington. Add to that, among its 3 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 Richland
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Washington towns on Richland’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: West Richland (B+), Pasco (C−), Kennewick (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, closer to the middle
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Richland’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 40% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 25% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Richland has 41,607 jobs based in town for 65,258 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 Richland’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) 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 | Richland property | Rest of Washington property | Richland violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.1 | 43.7 | 3.1 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 25.7 | 37.7 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 19.4 | 33.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 20.3 | 25.9 | 2.5 | 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 | Richland | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Richland’s police reported 489 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 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 Richland 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,488 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.
166 violent and 1,322 property, as reported to the FBI by Richland’s police.
24 people died in crashes on Richland’s roads in 2019–2023
Richland had 21 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Washington towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.0, 43 towns).
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.
Richland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | C | 2.5 | 21.8 |
| Kennewick | D | 3.7 | 32.5 |
| West Richland | B+ | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| Pasco | C− | 3.3 | 20.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | C | 2.5 | 21.8 |
| Sammamish | A | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Shoreline | C | 1.6 | 22.2 |
| Lacey | C− | 2.0 | 24.3 |
| Olympia | D | 5.4 | 32.7 |
| Lakewood | D | 6.4 | 37.4 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Richland’s population (65,258), 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 Richland. 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 Richland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (65,273 in 2025); our figure for Richland is 65,258 (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 Richland
Is Richland, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Richland reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #78 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 2.5 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 Richland?
2.5 violent and 21.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.1 and 32.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Richland in 2025?
Richland’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 Richland safer than Kennewick?
Kennewick reports more crime per resident than Richland: Kennewick grades D for safety and Richland C. Kennewick’s police reported 3.7 violent and 32.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Richland?
Richland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Richland”. 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.