Tukwila is a city of 21,700 in King County, about 9 miles south of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Tukwila?
Tukwila grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Theft makes up 55% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C-, and vehicle theft grades F.
F
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Tukwila as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tukwila scores 0.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Tukwila, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tukwila, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Tukwila
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In Tukwila, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 27.7 car thefts and 111.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Tukwila, 72% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Tukwila
High property crime is widespread across Tukwila: 98% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Tukwila run from C- to F.
98%
C 2%D or F 98%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Tukwila?
Reported property crime in Tukwila has fallen 11% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 165 to 148 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 17%.
Property crime, change since 2019
TukwilaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Tukwila. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Tukwila
Property, US
2016
-6%
+15%
2017
-9%
+12%
2018
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-18%
-8%
2021
-6%
-10%
2022
+23%
-6%
2023
+8%
-7%
2024
-10%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Tukwila
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tukwila has about 203 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for Washington.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Tukwila, about 55% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Tukwila
Tukwila has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 55% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (72%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Tukwila and nearby cities
Tukwila has more property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Normandy Park and East Hill-Meridian have the least property crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Tukwila apart: it has 46.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 217 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.46.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.217 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 66% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Tukwila: C (32 of 100).32 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Tukwila on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Tukwila
Property crime costs Tukwila about $32 million a year, or $1,467 per resident and about $3,896 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.6 million
$75
Theft
$12 million
$571
Vehicle theft
$9.2 million
$425
Arson
$160,000
$7
Vandalism
$8.4 million
$389
Total
$32 million
$1,467
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
