Sumner, WA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sumner, WA Summary

Crime in Sumner research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Sumner 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 Sumner:

  • There were 643 total crimes committed in Sumner the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 6,020.0 total crimes per 100K people in Sumner.
  • The overall crime rate in Sumner is 159.02% above the national average.
  • Sumner ranks #159 safest out of 177 cities in Washington.
  • Sumner ranks #9,604 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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Sumner Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sumner is 6,020.0 per 100,000 people. That's 159.02% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 98.93% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 3,026.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sumner
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 643 6,020.0 3,026.1 2,324.2
Murder 1 9.4 3.9 6.3
Robbery 4 37.4 67.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 13 121.7 187.6 268.2
Violent Crime 24 224.7 293.7 369.8
Burglary 126 1,179.7 522.1 269.8
Larceny 367 3,436.0 1,854.2 1,401.9
Car Theft 126 1,179.7 356.1 282.7
Property Crime 619 5,795.3 2,732.4 1,954.4

Sumner 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 Sumner

24
Violent Crimes
224.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-39.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 24 violent crimes in Sumner in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sumner is 224.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 445.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sumner each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -39.24% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -23.49% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sumner

619
Property Crimes
5,795.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
196.53%
Above The National Average
  • There were 619 property crimes in Sumner in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sumner is 5,795.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 17.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sumner each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 196.53% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 112.09% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,732.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sumner

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
Bonney Lake, WA 22,898 761 3,323.4 3,105.1 218.4
Edgewood, WA 12,900 456 3,534.9 3,364.3 170.5
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
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

Sumner SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
4
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