Cle Elum, WA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Cle Elum in green. The most dangerous areas in Cle Elum are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Cle Elum, WA Safe from Murder?

The D- grade means the rate of murder is much higher than the average US city. Cle Elum is in the 13th percentile for safety, meaning 87% of cities are safer and 13% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Cle Elum's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Cle Elum is 0.1234 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Cle Elum generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Cle Elum may be as high as 1 in 4,308 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 48,733 in the southeast part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the northwest parts of Cle Elum, WA: about 0 per year. The northeast part of Cle Elum has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Cle Elum's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Cle Elum to the Washington state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Cle Elum is less safe than the Washington state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Cle Elum, WA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Cle Elum about $1,174,424 in 2025, or roughly $232 per resident. This is part of Cle Elum's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Cle Elum, including every crime type and how Cle Elum compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder 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 Cle Elum's crime maps on the Cle Elum overall crime page.

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Individual Cle Elum Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in Cle Elum is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Cle Elum.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
South Cle Elum, WA	C+	C+	C	F
Teanaway, WA	B	B-	B+	A
Roslyn, WA	D	D	D	F
Ronald, WA	B-	B-	B-	C
Easton, WA	C+	C-	B-	B
Liberty, WA	C	B-	C-	B
Thorp, WA	B	B	B-	A
Stampede, WA	B-	B-	B	A-
Ellensburg, WA	D-	C	F	A+
Nile, WA	D	C-	D-	C+

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Cle Elum is higher versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Norlina, NC	F	D-	D-	F
Kinder, LA	C-	C	C	D-
DeKalb, TX	D-	D-	D-	C+
Washington, WV	A	A	A	A+
Placitas, NM	D+	D	D	B-
Birch Run, MI	C-	C	C	A-
Warsaw, NC	F	F	F	F
Plymouth, NC	F	F	F	F
Elkins, AR	B-	C	C	A-
Blauvelt, NY	A-	B	B	A-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Cle Elum, WA average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus 45% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Cle Elum schools on SchoolGrade

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