Jackson Hall Memorial Community Hall · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Silverdale goes ungraded: its recorded crime
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Poulsbo (C+), 5 miles away. Nearby, 4 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. Silverdale has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Kitsap County. The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Silverdale alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Silverdale
Policed by the county
Silverdale is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Silverdale. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Washington towns with their own police figures are Poulsbo (C+, 5 mi), Bainbridge Island (B+, 8 mi), Bremerton (C−, 9 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Silverdale. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Kitsap County without police of their own, which include Silverdale.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Washington towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poulsbo | C+ | 5 mi | 1.6 | 17.1 |
| Bainbridge Island | B+ | 8 mi | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Bremerton | C− | 9 mi | 3.9 | 26.3 |
| Port Orchard | C− | 9 mi | 3.5 | 28.1 |
| Seattle | D− | 16 mi | 7.5 | 48.1 |
| Shoreline | C | 17 mi | 1.6 | 22.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Silverdale. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Silverdale.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Six people died in crashes on Silverdale’s roads in 2019–2023
Silverdale had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Silverdale’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Silverdale’s own rate (5.8) 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.
Silverdale and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Base | — | — | — |
| Chico | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bangor Base and Chico are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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.
- 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 Silverdale
Is Silverdale, WA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Silverdale. The nearest Washington towns with a grade are Poulsbo (C+, 5 mi), Bainbridge Island (B+, 8 mi), Bremerton (C−, 9 mi).
Who polices Silverdale?
The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. Silverdale is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Kitsap County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Silverdale.
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.