King County Crime Map
Washington · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 16 incidents, 2 violent (2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 15,198 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 20,368 incidents |
| Full archive | 162,796 incidents (2020–2026) |
Source: King County Sheriff's Office open data.
About crime in King County
Latest mapped day. King County recorded 16 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 2 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
King County recorded 23,937 incidents in 2024 and 20,368 in 2025, a 14.9% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown
| Other | 9 |
| Theft | 2 |
| Auto theft | 2 |
| Assault | 2 |
| Vandalism | 1 |
Across 2020–2026, the current archive contains 162,796 incidents for King County. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
King County crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-11 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. King County recorded 20,368 police-reported incidents in 2025, with data through November 2026. Other was the most common category at 7,808 cases, or 38.3% of the total, followed by Theft at 3,364 and Assault at 2,313. Reported incidents fell 14.9% from 23,937 in 2024 to 20,368 in 2025. January–October 2026 totaled 15,187 cases, down 12.1% from 17,279 in the same months of 2025.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps maps police-reported incidents in King County, Washington, using open data published by the King County Sheriff's Office. The display for this page reflects calendar year 2025, a complete year with 12 months of data, and records are current through November 2026. Each point represents an incident reported to the listed source during that 2025 window.
King County recorded 20,368 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That includes 2,676 incidents in violent categories, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide in 2025, or 13.1% of the total. The Other category accounted for 7,808 incidents, or 38.3% of the 2025 total, followed by Theft at 3,364 incidents. Across all years in the archive from 2020 to 2026, the combined total is 162,742 incidents.
Recent trend
Reported incidents declined 14.9% between two consecutive complete calendar years, falling from 23,937 in 2024 to 20,368 in 2025. That 2025 count continues a downward sequence from 28,179 in 2020, with 24,789 recorded in both 2021 and 2022, then 24,036 in 2023 and 23,937 in 2024. All of those years from 2020 through 2025 include 12 months of data. The same-month comparison for January–October also declined 12.1%, from 17,279 in January–October 2025 to 15,187 in January–October 2026, covering the same months in both years.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Other was the largest grouping with 7,808 incidents, or 38.3% of the 20,368 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. The source groups many incident types under Other, including Other crime at 5,120 incidents, Impaired & dangerous driving at 969 incidents, Drugs at 743 incidents, Threats at 693 incidents and Weapons offenses at 283 incidents. Theft followed with 3,364 incidents, or 16.5%, and Assault accounted for 2,313 incidents, or 11.4%. The next groupings were Vandalism with 2,079 incidents, or 10.2%, Theft from vehicle with 1,702 incidents, or 8.4%, and Auto theft with 1,488 incidents, or 7.3%. The ranking for 2025 places Other first, Theft second and Assault third.
What this means
What stands out for King County in 2025 is the lower total alongside the 2025 category shares. The year closed at 20,368 incidents, down from 28,179 in 2020, after 24,789 in both 2021 and 2022, 24,036 in 2023 and 23,937 in 2024. Other accounted for 7,808 incidents, or 38.3%, followed by Theft at 3,364 incidents, or 16.5%, and Assault at 2,313 incidents, or 11.4%. Vandalism at 2,079 incidents and Theft from vehicle at 1,702 incidents add most of the remainder.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in King County in 2025?
King County recorded 20,368 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, which covers 12 months of complete data. That total includes 2,676 violent-category incidents, or 13.1% of all reports, defined here as assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide combined. The archive total across 2020 to 2026 is 162,742 incidents, which is a separate all-years figure.
What type of incident was reported most often in King County in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 7,808 incidents, or 38.3% of the 20,368 total. In this dataset Other groups together several types, including Other crime with 5,120 reports, Impaired & dangerous driving with 969, Drugs with 743, Threats with 693 and Weapons offenses with 283. After Other, Theft was the next largest category with 3,364 incidents.
Did total reported incidents go up or down between 2024 and 2025?
Totals fell between the two consecutive complete calendar years. King County went from 23,937 incidents in 2024 to 20,368 incidents in 2025, a decrease of 14.9%. The longer series also shows 28,179 in 2020, 24,789 in both 2021 and 2022, and 24,036 in 2023 before the 2024 and 2025 counts.
Which King County neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
This dataset lists 0 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025, so TheCrimeMaps does not show a neighborhood leaderboard for that period. The 20,368 incidents are reported at the county level for calendar year 2025. Readers looking for smaller-area detail should use the county-level category counts, such as Assault with 2,313 reports and Vandalism with 2,079 reports.
Where does the King County crime data come from?
The figures come from the King County Sheriff's Office open-data release published through TheCrimeMaps. The 2025 county total of 20,368 incidents, including Theft from vehicle with 1,702 reports and Auto theft with 1,488 reports, is drawn from that source. Category definitions and county coverage reflect how the Sheriff's Office records incidents.
How current is the King County crime data?
The data is current through November 2026. For the partial year, January–October 2026 recorded 15,187 incidents, compared with 17,279 in the same months of 2025, a decrease of 12.1%. The 2026 full-year count of 15,556 covers 11 months and remains partial, while 2025 is complete with 12 months.
Explore King County
By category
- King County Assault (15,712)
- King County Sexual assault (1,079)
- King County Robbery (2,231)
- King County Homicide (102)
- King County Burglary (1,377)
- King County Auto theft (16,253)
- King County Theft from vehicle (22,433)
- King County Theft (23,118)
- King County Vandalism (17,995)
- King County Fraud (14,483)
- King County Other (48,013)
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Neighborhoods
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