Edgewood, WA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Edgewood, WA Summary

Crime in Edgewood research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Edgewood over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Edgewood:

  • There were 456 total crimes committed in Edgewood the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,534.9 total crimes per 100K people in Edgewood.
  • The overall crime rate in Edgewood is 52.09% above the national average.
  • Edgewood ranks #113 safest out of 177 cities in Washington.
  • Edgewood ranks #8,635 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Edgewood Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Edgewood is 3,534.9 per 100,000 people. That's 52.09% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 16.81% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 3,026.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Edgewood
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 456 3,534.9 3,026.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.9 6.3
Robbery 4 31.0 67.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 10 77.5 187.6 268.2
Violent Crime 22 170.5 293.7 369.8
Burglary 109 845.0 522.1 269.8
Larceny 253 1,961.2 1,854.2 1,401.9
Car Theft 72 558.1 356.1 282.7
Property Crime 434 3,364.3 2,732.4 1,954.4

Edgewood Crime Compared To Washington Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Washington.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Edgewood

22
Violent Crimes
170.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.88%
Below The National Average
  • There were 22 violent crimes in Edgewood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Edgewood is 170.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 586.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Edgewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.88% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -41.93% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Edgewood

434
Property Crimes
3,364.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
72.14%
Above The National Average
  • There were 434 property crimes in Edgewood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Edgewood is 3,364.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 29.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Edgewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 72.14% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 23.13% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,732.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Edgewood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tacoma, WA 219,027 22,230 10,149.4 8,539.6 1,609.8
Lakewood, WA 63,044 3,811 6,045.0 5,205.9 839.1
Puyallup, WA 42,580 3,257 7,649.1 7,268.7 380.5
Gig Harbor, WA 12,301 776 6,308.4 6,064.5 243.9
Fife, WA 10,900 1,494 13,706.4 12,146.8 1,559.6
Sumner, WA 10,681 643 6,020.0 5,795.3 224.7
Milton, WA 9,113 399 4,378.4 3,939.4 438.9
Pacific, WA 6,966 217 3,115.1 2,885.4 229.7
Algona, WA 3,194 77 2,410.8 1,941.1 469.6

Edgewood SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9
Affordability
7
Diversity
7
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
5
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