Building No. 105, Boeing Airplane Company · Photo: Benjamin Cody · Public domainPer resident, Tukwila records more crime than almost every U.S. town
The crimes the grade counts fell 45% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Measured on crimes Tukwila’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D−. Annual rates stand at 7.7 violent crimes and 143.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.0 and 31.6 in the rest of Washington. Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures 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 Tukwila
5 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Washington towns on Tukwila’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Burien (D), Renton (D), SeaTac (D), Kent (D), Seattle (D−). Boulevard Park and Bryn Mawr-Skyway are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Tukwila has 42,504 jobs based in town for 22,003 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 Tukwila’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Tukwila property | Rest of Washington property | Tukwila violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 199.9 | 43.0 | 7.7 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 179.6 | 36.9 | 8.4 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 152.4 | 32.4 | 9.3 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 98.0 | 25.5 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
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 | Tukwila | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Tukwila’s police reported 489 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Tukwila 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,234 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.
117 violent and 2,117 property, as reported to the FBI by Tukwila’s police.
31 people died in crashes on Tukwila’s roads in 2019–2023
Tukwila had 28 fatal crashes in five years, in which 31 people died; 5 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (16 of 31) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 28.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Washington towns of 5,000–25,000 people (3.7, 142 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.
Tukwila and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tukwila | D− | 7.7 | 143.0 |
| SeaTac | D | 3.7 | 36.0 |
| Kent | D | 4.4 | 36.4 |
| Burien | D | 4.0 | 32.1 |
| Seattle | D− | 7.5 | 48.1 |
| Boulevard Park | — | — | — |
| Bryn Mawr-Skyway | — | — | — |
| Renton | D | 3.4 | 33.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Boulevard Park and Bryn Mawr-Skyway are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tukwila | D− | 7.7 | 143.0 |
| Mukilteo | B− | 1.1 | 15.5 |
| Bonney Lake | C+ | 1.5 | 16.8 |
| Ellensburg | C | 2.1 | 21.2 |
| Arlington | C− | 3.2 | 21.0 |
| Covington | C− | 1.4 | 28.5 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Tukwila’s population (22,003), 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 Tukwila. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Tukwila’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,610 in 2025); our figure for Tukwila is 22,003 (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 Tukwila
Is Tukwila, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tukwila reports more crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 7.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Tukwila?
7.7 violent and 143.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.0 and 31.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Tukwila safer than SeaTac?
SeaTac reports less crime per resident than Tukwila: SeaTac grades D for safety and Tukwila D−. SeaTac’s police reported 3.7 violent and 36.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Tukwila?
Tukwila’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tukwila”. 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.