Photo: Jennifer Gottwald · CC BY 2.0For property crime, Wenatchee trails 85% of U.S. towns per resident
On crimes reported by Wenatchee’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #90 of 130 graded towns in Washington. Violence and property crime split as 2.7 violent crimes and 24.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.1 and 32.1 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 Wenatchee
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Washington towns on Wenatchee’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: East Wenatchee (C+). South Wenatchee and Sunnyslope are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Wenatchee has 24,613 jobs based in town for 35,547 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Wenatchee’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 (2.7) 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.
Crime in Wenatchee 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Wenatchee | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Wenatchee’s police reported 288 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Wenatchee property | Rest of Washington property | Wenatchee violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.7 | 43.8 | 2.4 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 25.8 | 37.6 | 2.7 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 27.9 | 32.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 20.8 | 25.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Washington.
847 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.
110 violent and 737 property, as reported to the FBI by Wenatchee’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Wenatchee’s roads in 2019–2023
Wenatchee had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Washington towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Wenatchee’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Wenatchee’s own rate (1.1) 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.
Wenatchee and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenatchee | C− | 2.7 | 24.9 |
| South Wenatchee | — | — | — |
| Sunnyslope | — | — | — |
| East Wenatchee | C+ | 1.3 | 18.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. South Wenatchee and Sunnyslope are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenatchee | C− | 2.7 | 24.9 |
| Pullman | B | 1.6 | 8.6 |
| Mount Vernon | C+ | 1.7 | 17.7 |
| University Place | C | 2.4 | 20.3 |
| Walla Walla | C− | 3.4 | 20.7 |
| SeaTac | D | 3.7 | 36.0 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Wenatchee’s population (35,547), 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 Wenatchee. 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 Wenatchee’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (35,350 in 2025); our figure for Wenatchee is 35,547 (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 Wenatchee
Is Wenatchee, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wenatchee reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #90 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 2.7 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 Wenatchee?
2.7 violent and 24.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.1 and 32.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Wenatchee in 2025?
Wenatchee’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Wenatchee safer than East Wenatchee?
East Wenatchee reports less crime per resident than Wenatchee: East Wenatchee grades C+ for safety and Wenatchee C−. East Wenatchee’s police reported 1.3 violent and 18.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wenatchee?
Wenatchee’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wenatchee”. 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.