King County Fraud

King County · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, King County police open data recorded 1,097 fraud incidents, 5.4% of all 20,368 incidents reported in the city that year and down 14.0% from 2024. So far in 2026, 993 fraud incidents have been published.

Fraud in King County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)993——
20251,097—down 14.0%
20241,275—up 2.9%
20231,239—down 10.8%
20221,389—down 16.5%
20211,663—down 74.5%
20206,529——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 14,483 fraud incidents.

Questions

How many fraud incidents were reported in King County in 2025?

1,097, according to King County Sheriff's Office open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is fraud going up or down in King County?

Reported fraud was down 14.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 21.0% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: King County Sheriff's Office open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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