FBI shares data for 2011 crimes by community

Late last month, the FBI released its annual “Crime in the United States” report for 2011.

I’ve broken out the Snohomish County cities here. The information is self-reported by individual police departments, and the FBI strongly cautions against any ranking based on the data.

Sultan was not included in the listings. Not sure why.

In general, the FBI says violent crimes and property crimes in the U.S. are down but burglaries are up.

Cities with more than 100,000 people get a special blurb. Here’s the one for Everett:

In Everett, there were decreases in the number of rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, larceny-thefts, and motor-vehicle thefts. The number of murders/non-negligent manslaughters remained the same (5) and there was an increase in the number of burglaries.

We’ve broken the data down to compare incidents per thousand people, which adds some context. Otherwise, bigger places with higher numbers of people tend to appear more dangerous than they may actually be.

Clicking around in the data, Everett’s pretty far down the list statewide in terms of violent crimes per capita. Granite Falls was higher, as were most Washington cities larger than Everett.

In terms of property crimes, we were pretty much in line with our population size.

For larceny/theft by sheer numbers, Everett was behind only Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma. Same deal with motor vehicle thefts, though we get pushed down a little in most categories when broken down per capita.

For more information, breakdowns and other fun stuff, check out the website.

{FBI: Crime in the U.S. 2011}

Violent crimes

City	Population	Violent crimes	Violent crimes per 1,000 people	Murders and non-negligent manslaughter	Forcible rapes	Robberies	Aggravated assaults
Arlington	18,207	31	2	0	5	10	16
Bothell	34,031	27	1	0	7	10	10
Brier	6,182	2	0	0	0	0	2
Edmonds	40,332	71	2	0	8	22	41
Everett	104,635	450	4	5	49	143	253
Granite Falls	3,417	19	6	0	3	1	15
Lake Stevens	28,509	35	1	0	9	10	16
Lynnwood	36,398	101	3	1	10	41	49
Marysville	60,962	94	2	0	17	20	57
Mill Creek	18,530	16	1	0	1	3	12
Monroe	17,575	33	2	1	6	5	21
Mountlake Terrace	20,221	33	2	1	7	11	14
Mukilteo	20,572	17	1	0	2	5	10
Snohomish	9,241	23	2	0	5	2	16
Stanwood	6,329	12	2	0	2	4	6
Woodway	1,328	1	1	0	0	1	0

Property crimes

City	Property crimes	Property crimes per 1,000 people	Burglaries	Burglaries per 1,000 people	Larceny, thefts	Larceny, thefts per 1,000 people	Motor vehicle thefts	Motor vehicle thefts per 1,000 people
Arlington	782	43	161	9	554	30	67	4
Bothell	899	26	149	4	687	20	63	2
Brier	78	13	14	2	64	10	0	0
Edmonds	942	23	255	6	630	16	57	1
Everett	7,503	72	1,163	11	5,415	52	925	9
Granite Falls	130	38	30	9	89	26	11	3
Lake Stevens	523	18	108	4	345	12	70	2
Lynnwood	2,124	58	247	7	1,751	48	126	3
Marysville	1,844	30	376	6	1,227	20	241	4
Mill Creek	399	22	89	5	281	15	29	2
Monroe	514	29	79	4	379	22	56	3
Mountlake Terrace	602	30	137	7	410	20	55	3
Mukilteo	504	24	123	6	350	17	31	2
Snohomish	431	47	85	9	321	35	25	3
Stanwood	188	30	46	7	140	22	2	0
Woodway	18	14	7	5	11	8	0	0