Drug-Related Crime per Capita in King County
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 King County residents.
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 King County residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in King County is about 1 in 119.
Drug-Related Crime costs the average King County resident about $62 per year.
Crime Grade's drug-related crime map shows the safest places in King County in green. The most dangerous areas in King County are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The F grade means the rate of drug-related crime is much higher than the average US county. King County is in the 7th percentile for safety, meaning 93% of counties are safer and 7% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to King County's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.
The rate of drug-related crime in King County is 8.393 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in King County generally consider the west part of the county to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in King County may be as high as 1 in 111 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 131 in the west part of the county.
By a simple count ignoring population, more drug-related crime occurs in the central parts of King County, TX: about 1 per year. The southwest part of King County has fewer cases of drug-related crime with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the drug-related crime rate in King County to the Texas state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| King County, TX: | 8.393 |
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| Texas: | 4.526 |
| USA: | 3.112 |
Considering only the drug-related crime rate, King County is less safe than the Texas state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Drug-Related Crime is projected to cost the residents of King County about $12,913 in 2025, or roughly $62 per resident. This is part of King County's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for King County, including every crime type and how King County compares to other counties.
Remember that drug-related crime rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading King County's crime maps on the King County overall crime page.
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Nearby County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
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F | F | D | D- | |
F | F | F | D- | |
D | B+ | C | D- | |
F | D | F | D- | |
F | D- | F | F | |
D- | F | C- | F | |
D- | F | D | F | |
F | D | F | D | |
D | D+ | C | D- | |
F | D- | D- | D |
King County is higher versus other counties of the same size for drug-related crime. The table below compares drug-related crime in counties with comparable overall population.
Similar County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
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D | C+ | C+ | D- | |
D | D+ | D+ | D- | |
C+ | B- | B- | F | |
F | D | D | D | |
B- | A- | A- | C- | |
C- | D | D | B- | |
C+ | A- | A- | F | |
F | D- | D- | D- | |
F | F | F | B | |
B+ | B | B | C |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in King County, TX average SchoolGrade of B-, with 43% actual proficiency versus 38% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See King County schools on SchoolGrade
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