Skagit County Crime Map
Washington · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 37 incidents, 4 violent (2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 14,614 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 18,693 incidents |
| Full archive | 492,578 incidents (2005–2026) |
Source: Skagit County Sheriff's Office open data.
About crime in Skagit County
Latest mapped day. Skagit County recorded 37 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 4 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Skagit County recorded 20,606 incidents in 2024 and 18,693 in 2025, a 9.3% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown
| Other | 23 |
| Theft | 5 |
| Assault | 4 |
| Fraud | 2 |
| Vandalism | 1 |
| Auto theft | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Across 2005–2026, the current archive contains 492,578 incidents for Skagit County. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Skagit County crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Skagit County recorded 18,693 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, down 9.3% from 20,606 in 2024. Other was the most reported category with 11,336 incidents, accounting for 60.6% of the total, including 8,614 other crime reports. Assault followed with 2,438 incidents. Violent-category incidents totaled 2,467. Data through November 2026 also shows January–October 2026 down 7.4% from the same months in 2025.
About this data
The interactive map on this page shows police-reported incidents in Skagit County, Washington, based on open data from the Skagit County Sheriff's Office. Points are placed by reported location and colored by crime category, with records current through November 2026. TheCrimeMaps organizes those county records into yearly totals, categories and trends so readers can see what was reported in calendar year 2025 across the county.
Skagit County recorded 18,693 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, a complete 12-month year. That total includes 2,467 violent-category incidents, or 13.2%, counted as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide in 2025. Other accounted for 11,336 incidents, or 60.6%, followed by Assault with 2,438 incidents and Theft with 1,967 incidents. The all-years archive from 2005 to 2026 holds 492,578 incidents combined.
Recent trend
Reported incidents declined 9.3% from 20,606 in 2024 to 18,693 in 2025, based on two consecutive complete calendar years. The January–October 2026 count of 14,614 was also down 7.4% from 15,785 in the same months of 2025. The longer record shows 2025 below recent complete years such as 24,913 in 2022 and 22,675 in 2023, and below 27,767 in 2005. Counts in 2021 reached 22,973 before rising in 2022, then falling through 2024 and 2025. All annual comparisons here use complete 12-month years except the January–October comparison, which uses matching months.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Other was the largest grouping with 11,336 incidents, or 60.6% of the total, reflecting how the source groups many incident types under that heading. Within Other in 2025, Other crime accounted for 8,614 incidents, or 46.1% of the total, followed by Drugs with 851, Harassment with 764, Weapons offenses with 441, Threats with 390, and Impaired & dangerous driving with 276. Assault totaled 2,438 incidents, or 13%, while Theft totaled 1,967 incidents, or 10.5%. Fraud with 1,184 incidents and Vandalism with 1,076 incidents made up smaller shares of the 18,693 incidents in 2025. Burglary added 378 incidents, or 2%, completing the six leading categories for the year.
What this means
What stands out for Skagit County in 2025 is the concentration in one grouping alongside lower overall volume. Of 18,693 incidents, Other accounted for 11,336, or 60.6%, while Assault accounted for 2,438, or 13%, and Theft accounted for 1,967, or 10.5%. The 2025 count of 18,693 sits below 20,606 in 2024, 22,675 in 2023 and 24,913 in 2022, extending a recent downward sequence from the 2022 count in the archive back to 2005.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in Skagit County in 2025?
Skagit County had 18,693 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That total includes 2,467 violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, representing 13.2% of the year's reports. The all-years archive from 2005 to 2026 contains 492,578 incidents combined.
What was the most reported crime category in Skagit County in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 11,336 incidents, or 60.6% of the total. The source groups many incident types under Other rather than listing them separately. The next largest categories were Assault with 2,438 incidents and Theft with 1,967 incidents, followed by Fraud with 1,184 incidents.
What types of incidents are included in the Other category?
In 2025, Other crime accounted for 8,614 incidents, or 46.1% of the total, followed by Drugs with 851 incidents, Harassment with 764 incidents, Weapons offenses with 441 incidents, Threats with 390 incidents, and Impaired & dangerous driving with 276 incidents.
Are reported incidents increasing or decreasing in Skagit County?
Reported incidents declined between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Skagit County went from 20,606 incidents in 2024 to 18,693 incidents in 2025, a decrease of 9.3%. For the same months comparison, January–October 2026 had 14,614 incidents compared with 15,785 in January–October 2025, a decrease of 7.4%.
Which neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
For 2025, this dataset lists zero named neighborhoods ranked by incidents, so only county-level totals are shown and no neighborhood comparison is available. The county total for calendar year 2025 is 18,693 police-reported incidents, with Other at 11,336 incidents and Assault at 2,438 incidents.
Where does the Skagit County crime data come from and how up to date is it?
The figures come from the Skagit County Sheriff's Office and reflect data through November 2026. The 2025 figures cover 12 months of data for that complete calendar year, while 2026 currently covers 11 months with data. The year-to-date comparison uses January–October in both 2025 and 2026.
Explore Skagit County
By category
- Skagit County Assault (64,790)
- Skagit County Robbery (913)
- Skagit County Homicide (46)
- Skagit County Burglary (21,728)
- Skagit County Auto theft (9,252)
- Skagit County Theft (63,428)
- Skagit County Bike theft (2,524)
- Skagit County Vandalism (32,281)
- Skagit County Fraud (22,864)
- Skagit County Other (274,752)
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Neighborhoods
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