Tacoma Crime Map

Washington · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	24 incidents, 2 violent (2026-11-11)
2026 YTD	13,781 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	18,167 incidents
Full archive	212,377 incidents (2018–2026)
Per 100K / year	7,961

Source: Tacoma Police Department open data.

About crime in Tacoma

Latest mapped day. Tacoma recorded 24 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

Tacoma recorded 22,948 incidents in 2024 and 18,167 in 2025, a 20.8% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown

Vandalism	7
Other	6
Theft	4
Auto theft	3
Robbery	2
Burglary	2

Where incidents were mapped

New Tacoma Neighborhood Council: 8
South End Neighborhood Council: 6
Eastside Neighborhood Council: 4
West End Neighborhood Council: 2
South Tacoma Neighborhood Council: 2
North End Neighborhood Council: 1

Across 2018–2026, the current archive contains 212,377 incidents for Tacoma. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Tacoma crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Tacoma recorded 18,167 police-reported incidents in 2025, down 20.8% from 22,948 in 2024. Theft was the most common category with 6,402 reports, accounting for 35.2% of the total, followed by Vandalism with 3,631. Violent-category incidents totaled 2,319. New Tacoma Neighborhood Council had the highest neighborhood count at 4,350. Data through November 2026 also shows January–October 2026 down 10% from the same months in 2025.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported incidents in Tacoma, Washington, using open data from the Tacoma Police Department. Each point reflects a report filed with the department, placed by neighborhood council area for calendar year 2025. The archive behind the map holds 212,377 incidents from 2018 through 2026, with the latest update through November 2026. The map view defaults to that year.

In 2025, Tacoma recorded 18,167 police-reported incidents. That equals 7,960.9 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 228,202 for the city. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide, totaled 2,319 in 2025, or 12.8% of the total, for a rate of 1,016.2 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents.

Recent trend

Reported incidents declined 20.8% from 22,948 in 2024 to 18,167 in 2025, based on two consecutive complete calendar years. That 2025 total continues a decrease from the archive high of 32,223 in 2022, following 28,228 in 2023. For the current window, January–October 2026 recorded 13,781 incidents, down 10% from 15,320 in January–October 2025 on a same-months basis. Data are current through November 2026, with 2026 still listed as a partial year with 11 months of data. The 2025 count is also below 26,746 in 2021 and 23,795 in 2019.

Category breakdown

In 2025, Theft was the most reported category with 6,402 incidents, or 35.2% of the total. Vandalism followed with 3,631 incidents, or 20%, and Other ranked third with 2,108 incidents, or 11.6%. Assault accounted for 1,956 incidents, or 10.8%, while Auto theft added 1,791 incidents, or 9.9%, and Burglary added 1,171 incidents, or 6.4%. Within Other in 2025, Drugs contributed 702 incidents, or 3.9% of all incidents, and Impaired & dangerous driving contributed 573 incidents, or 3.2%, with Other crime at 473 incidents, Weapons offenses at 318 and Harassment at 42. Violent-category incidents totaled 2,319 in 2025, or 12.8% of all reports.

Where incidents concentrate

In 2025, New Tacoma Neighborhood Council recorded the most incidents with 4,350, or 23.9% of the city total, followed by South Tacoma Neighborhood Council with 3,485, or 19.2%, and South End Neighborhood Council with 3,199, or 17.6%. Central Neighborhood Council recorded 1,949 incidents, or 10.7%, and Eastside Neighborhood Council recorded 1,824, or 10%. These neighborhood counts follow where people live, work and visit, including commercial and commuting areas, so they are not a risk score for residents. All eight named neighborhoods are ranked for 2025, with Northeast Tacoma Neighborhood Council listed at 494.

What this means

Tacoma’s 2025 pattern is shaped by Theft at 6,402, or 35.2%, and Vandalism at 3,631, or 20%, within the 18,167 incidents that year. Assault at 1,956, or 10.8%, is well below those totals, while Other at 2,108, or 11.6%, sits close behind Vandalism. New Tacoma Neighborhood Council at 4,350, or 23.9%, and South Tacoma Neighborhood Council at 3,485, or 19.2%, stand apart from the remaining areas. The 2025 total of 18,167 follows 32,223 in 2022 and 22,948 in 2024.

FAQ

How many incidents were reported in Tacoma in 2025?
Tacoma recorded 18,167 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, which covers 12 months of complete data. That total includes 2,319 violent-category incidents, or 12.8% of the year's reports, counted as assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide combined. The all-years archive from 2018 to 2026 contains 212,377 incidents.

What was the most reported crime type in Tacoma in 2025?
Theft was the most reported category in 2025 with 6,402 incidents, or 35.2% of the year's 18,167 total. Vandalism ranked second with 3,631 incidents, or 20.0%, followed by Other with 2,108 incidents, or 11.6%. Assault accounted for 1,956 incidents, or 10.8%, while auto theft and burglary totaled 1,791 and 1,171 incidents.

Did reported crime in Tacoma go up or down from 2024 to 2025?
Reported incidents decreased from 22,948 in 2024 to 18,167 in 2025, a change of -20.8% across two consecutive complete calendar years. The longer record shows 32,223 incidents in 2022, 28,228 in 2023, then 22,948 in 2024 before the 2025 total. All three prior years in that sequence reflect 12 months of complete data.

Which Tacoma neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
New Tacoma Neighborhood Council led named neighborhoods in 2025 with 4,350 incidents, or 23.9% of the city total. South Tacoma Neighborhood Council followed with 3,485 incidents, or 19.2%, and South End Neighborhood Council had 3,199 incidents, or 17.6%. At the lower end, Northeast Tacoma Neighborhood Council recorded 494 incidents, or 2.7%, among the 8 ranked neighborhoods.

Where do Tacoma's crime numbers on TheCrimeMaps come from?
The figures on this page come from the Tacoma Police Department, covering police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. The 2025 total of 18,167 incidents and the category breakdown, including 6,402 thefts and 1,791 auto thefts, reflect that department's records as compiled for TheCrimeMaps. Population context uses the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimate of 228,202.

How up to date is the Tacoma crime data?
Data on TheCrimeMaps is current through November 2026. The headline 2025 figures represent a complete calendar year with 12 months of data, while 2026 currently shows 14,226 incidents across 11 months and is marked partial. For a like-for-like read, January–October 2026 totaled 13,781 incidents compared with 15,320 in the same months of 2025, a change of -10%.

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