Mount Baker, Bellingham, WA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Mount Baker in green. The most dangerous areas in Mount Baker 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 Mount Baker, Bellingham, WA Safe from Murder?

The B+ grade means the rate of murder is slightly lower than the average US neighborhood. Mount Baker is in the 70th percentile for safety, meaning 30% of neighborhoods are safer and 70% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Mount Baker's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in Mount Baker is 0.0424 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Mount Baker generally consider the northeast part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Mount Baker may be as high as 1 in 14,785 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 58,873 in the northeast part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the southwest parts of Mount Baker, Bellingham, WA: about 0 per year. The north part of Mount Baker has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Mount Baker's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Mount Baker 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, Mount Baker is safer than the Washington state average and safer than the national average.

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

The Cost of Murder in Mount Baker, Bellingham, WA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Mount Baker about $467,607 in 2025, or roughly $80 per resident. This is part of Mount Baker's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Mount Baker, including every crime type and how Mount Baker compares to other neighborhoods.

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 Mount Baker's crime maps on the Mount Baker overall crime page.

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Individual Mount Baker Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of murder in Mount Baker is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Mount Baker.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Lettered Streets, Bellingham, WA	D-	C-	D-	B
Silver Beach, Bellingham, WA	C+	B	C+	A-
York, Bellingham, WA	F	D+	F	B-
Columbia, Bellingham, WA	D	B-	D-	B
Puget, Bellingham, WA	D+	C+	D	B
Birchwood, Bellingham, WA	D-	C-	F	B-
Guide Meridian, Bellingham, WA	D-	C-	F	B+
Sehome, Bellingham, WA	D-	C-	D-	B-
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA	C+	C-	B	B
Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA	C+	A-	C	B+

Murder in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Mount Baker is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Hamden Plains, Hamden, CT	C+	B+	B+	C-
Waller, Tacoma, WA	C-	B	B	A
Honey Creek Manor, Milwaukee, WI	B-	A	A	A+
Hillandale, Silver Spring, MD	A-	B-	B-	D-
Highline Villages, Aurora, CO	D	D	D	C-
Wellington, Manchester, NH	A	A+	A+	A+
Highland Park, Chattanooga, TN	F	F	F	C+
West End Helena, Helena, MT	D+	C-	C-	B
Hampden South, Denver, CO	D	C	C	A-
Victory Heights, Seattle, WA	D-	C-	C-	D-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Mount Baker, Bellingham, WA average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus 36% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Mount Baker schools on SchoolGrade

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