Alexander McAllister House · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Union Gap reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Union Gap’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #126 of 130 graded towns in Washington.
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 Union Gap
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Washington towns on Union Gap’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Yakima (C−). Ahtanum is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Union Gap has 4,979 jobs based in town for 6,617 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 Union Gap’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 (1.7) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Union Gap’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Union Gap | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 62 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Union Gap property | Rest of Washington property | Union Gap violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 78.8 | 43.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 68.8 | 37.5 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 84.2 | 32.8 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 61.5 | 25.8 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
412 crimes reported in 2025
7 violent and 405 property, as reported to the FBI by Union Gap’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Union Gap’s roads in 2019–2023
Union Gap had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than 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 Union Gap’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Union Gap’s own rate (12.2) 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.
Union Gap and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ahtanum is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Gap | D− | 1.7 | 71.4 |
| Steilacoom | B | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| Normandy Park | B− | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| Prosser | C+ | 2.1 | 12.9 |
| Blaine | C | 2.3 | 16.6 |
| Woodland | C | 1.3 | 24.9 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Union Gap’s population (6,617), by grade.
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 Union Gap. 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 Union Gap’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,589 in 2025); our figure for Union Gap is 6,617 (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 Union Gap
Is Union Gap, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Union Gap reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #126 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 1.7 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 Union Gap?
1.7 violent and 71.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.0 and 32.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Union Gap?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Union Gap safer than Yakima?
Yakima reports less crime per resident than Union Gap: Yakima grades C− for safety and Union Gap D−. Yakima’s police reported 5.2 violent and 21.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Union Gap?
Union Gap’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Union Gap”. 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.