Photo: Locke Cole · CC BY-SA 4.0Spokane Valley sees more property crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
The overall Safety Grade is D (#101 of 130 graded towns in Washington, and #194 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), which means more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, in a usual year, 2.6 violent crimes and 34.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Washington, 4.1 and 32.0. The rate the grade counts dropped 5% 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 Spokane Valley
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Washington towns on Spokane Valley’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Liberty Lake (C+), Spokane (D−). Millwood has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Spokane Valley’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.5 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Washington (4.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Washington
42.6 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (42 reported in 2025), below the rest of Washington (94.8) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Spokane Valley reports less crime per resident than 40% (#194). Places like 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 Spokane Valley’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 (2.6) 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Spokane Valley | Rest of Washington | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Spokane Valley | Rest of Washington | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65.7 | 121 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 53.1 | 115 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 36.4 | 96.5 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 38.4 | 73.0 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Spokane Valley’s police reported 1 homicides, 42 robberies and 253 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Washington and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Spokane Valley 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Spokane Valley property | Rest of Washington property | Spokane Valley violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.6 | 43.7 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 34.3 | 37.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 35.2 | 32.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 33.1 | 25.6 | 2.3 | 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.
3,873 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.
253 violent and 3,620 property, as reported to the FBI by Spokane Valley’s police.
37 people died in crashes on Spokane Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Spokane Valley had 36 fatal crashes in five years, in which 37 people died; 7 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Washington towns of 100,000+ people (7.0, 9 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.
Spokane Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane Valley | D | 2.6 | 34.2 |
| Spokane | D− | 6.6 | 48.7 |
| Millwood | — | — | — |
| Liberty Lake | C+ | 1.6 | 15.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Millwood has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane Valley | D | 2.6 | 34.2 |
| Kirkland | B− | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| Yakima | C− | 5.2 | 21.1 |
| Everett | D | 3.0 | 32.8 |
| Renton | D | 3.4 | 33.9 |
| Federal Way | D | 5.1 | 41.3 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Spokane Valley’s population (108,405), 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 Spokane Valley. 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 Spokane Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (109,455 in 2025); our figure for Spokane Valley is 108,405 (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 Spokane Valley
Is Spokane Valley, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Spokane Valley reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #101 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 2.6 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 Spokane Valley?
2.6 violent and 34.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.1 and 32.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Spokane Valley in 2025?
Spokane Valley’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Spokane Valley safer than Spokane?
Spokane reports more crime per resident than Spokane Valley: Spokane grades D− for safety and Spokane Valley D. Spokane’s police reported 6.6 violent and 48.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Spokane Valley?
Spokane Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Spokane Valley”. 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.