Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: South Cle Elum Yard · Photo: Jayedgerton · CC BY-SA 3.0South Cle Elum goes ungraded: its recorded crime
Cle Elum is the only graded town within 10 miles. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, South Cle Elum has nothing to grade it on. Within a 25-mile drive lie 2 towns that have a grade.
The nearest Washington towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cle Elum | C+ | 1 mi | 0.8 | 19.9 |
| Ellensburg | C | 23 mi | 2.1 | 21.2 |
| Wenatchee | C− | 34 mi | 2.7 | 24.9 |
| East Wenatchee | C+ | 35 mi | 1.3 | 18.1 |
| Selah | B | 42 mi | 1.1 | 10.6 |
| North Bend | C | 44 mi | 0.4 | 27.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of South Cle Elum. Nearby towns can differ a lot from South Cle Elum.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on South Cle Elum’s roads in 2019–2023
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 South Cle Elum’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Cle Elum’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.
South Cle Elum and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cle Elum | C+ | 0.8 | 19.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 South Cle Elum
Is South Cle Elum, WA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for South Cle Elum. South Cle Elum 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 Cle Elum (C+, 1 mi), Ellensburg (C, 23 mi), Wenatchee (C−, 34 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in South Cle Elum.
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.