Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Vancouver records more crime than 94% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 34% from 2023 to 2025. Scored on crimes Vancouver’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety: #119 of 130 graded towns in Washington, and #251 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Violence and property crime split as 5.9 violent crimes and 35.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.0 and 31.9 in the rest of 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 Vancouver
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Washington towns on Vancouver’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Camas (B+). Hazel Dell, Five Corners, Minnehaha, Orchards and Lake Shore are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Vancouver’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 3.9 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: above the rest of Washington
112 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (161 reported in 2025), above the rest of Washington (92.9) and above 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, Vancouver reports less crime per resident than 23% (#251). 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 Vancouver’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 | Vancouver property | Rest of Washington property | Vancouver violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55.8 | 43.2 | 6.4 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 44.9 | 37.2 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 34.1 | 32.8 | 5.8 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 28.6 | 25.7 | 5.5 | 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.
Crime in Vancouver 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Vancouver | Rest of Washington | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Vancouver | Rest of Washington | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 152 | 119 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 133 | 113 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 122 | 94.1 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 80.1 | 71.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Vancouver’s police reported 4 homicides, 161 robberies and 1,111 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.
6,868 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.
1,111 violent and 5,757 property, as reported to the FBI by Vancouver’s police.
57 people died in crashes on Vancouver’s roads in 2019–2023
Vancouver had 54 fatal crashes in five years, in which 57 people died; 18 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 11 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Vancouver and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | D | 5.9 | 35.8 |
| Hazel Dell | — | — | — |
| Five Corners | — | — | — |
| Minnehaha | — | — | — |
| Orchards | — | — | — |
| Camas | B+ | 0.4 | 8.5 |
| Lake Shore | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hazel Dell, Five Corners, Minnehaha, Orchards and Lake Shore are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | D | 5.9 | 35.8 |
| Bellevue | C− | 1.3 | 29.8 |
| Everett | D | 3.0 | 32.8 |
| Kent | D | 4.4 | 36.4 |
| Spokane | D− | 6.6 | 48.7 |
| Tacoma | D− | 10.5 | 56.1 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Vancouver’s population (199,698), 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 Vancouver. 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 Vancouver’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (200,968 in 2025); our figure for Vancouver is 199,698 (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 Vancouver
Is Vancouver, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Vancouver reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #119 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 5.9 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 Vancouver?
5.9 violent and 35.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.0 and 31.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Vancouver in 2025?
Vancouver’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Vancouver safer than Camas?
Camas reports less crime per resident than Vancouver: Camas grades B+ for safety and Vancouver D. Camas’s police reported 0.4 violent and 8.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Vancouver?
Vancouver’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Vancouver”. 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.