Yelm, WA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Yelm, WA Summary

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

  • There were 330 total crimes committed in Yelm the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,070.1 total crimes per 100K people in Yelm.
  • The overall crime rate in Yelm is 32.09% above the national average.
  • Yelm ranks #100 safest out of 177 cities in Washington.
  • Yelm ranks #8,212 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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Yelm Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Yelm is 3,070.1 per 100,000 people. That's 32.09% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 1.45% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 3,026.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Yelm
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 330 3,070.1 3,026.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.9 6.3
Robbery 6 55.8 67.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 16 148.9 187.6 268.2
Violent Crime 29 269.8 293.7 369.8
Burglary 51 474.5 522.1 269.8
Larceny 219 2,037.4 1,854.2 1,401.9
Car Theft 31 288.4 356.1 282.7
Property Crime 301 2,800.3 2,732.4 1,954.4

Yelm 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 Yelm

29
Violent Crimes
269.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-27.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 29 violent crimes in Yelm in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Yelm is 269.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 370.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Yelm each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -27.04% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -8.14% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Yelm

301
Property Crimes
2,800.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
43.28%
Above The National Average
  • There were 301 property crimes in Yelm in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Yelm is 2,800.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Yelm each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 43.28% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 2.48% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,732.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Yelm

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lakewood, WA 63,044 3,811 6,045.0 5,205.9 839.1
Olympia, WA 56,214 2,656 4,724.8 4,203.6 521.2
Lacey, WA 55,101 2,017 3,660.6 3,441.0 219.6
Dupont, WA 10,024 223 2,224.7 2,134.9 89.8
Tenino, WA 1,886 32 1,696.7 1,166.5 530.2

Yelm SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
3
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