Robbery per Capita in Mercer Island
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Mercer Island residents.
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Mercer Island residents.
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Robbery Grade™
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of robbery in Mercer Island is about 1 in 1,240.
Robbery costs the average Mercer Island resident about $25 per year.
Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in Mercer Island in green. The most dangerous areas in Mercer Island 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 D grade means the rate of robbery is higher than the average US city. Mercer Island is in the 17th percentile for safety, meaning 83% of cities are safer and 17% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Mercer Island's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of robbery in Mercer Island is 0.8066 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Mercer Island generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of robbery in Mercer Island may be as high as 1 in 1,038 in the west neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 2,013 in the northeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the northwest parts of Mercer Island, WA: about 4 per year. The northeast part of Mercer Island has fewer cases of robbery with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the robbery rate in Mercer Island to the Washington state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Mercer Island, WA: | 0.8066 |
|---|---|
| Washington: | 0.8460 |
| USA: | 0.6421 |
Considering only the robbery rate, Mercer Island is as safe as the Washington state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Robbery is projected to cost the residents of Mercer Island about $649,474 in 2025, or roughly $25 per resident. This is part of Mercer Island's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Mercer Island, including every crime type and how Mercer Island compares to other cities.
Remember that robbery 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 Mercer Island's crime maps on the Mercer Island overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
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D | C- | D- | C- | |
C- | B- | D | C- | |
D- | D | F | D+ | |
D | D+ | D- | D+ | |
D+ | D+ | D- | C | |
F | D+ | F | D- | |
C | C+ | D+ | C- | |
C | C+ | D+ | C- | |
F | D | F | F | |
D- | D+ | F | D- |
Mercer Island is higher versus other cities of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A+ | B+ | B+ | A+ | |
A | A- | A- | C+ | |
C- | B- | B- | D+ | |
C | D+ | D+ | F | |
B- | A | A | C+ | |
B+ | D+ | D+ | A+ | |
C+ | C+ | C+ | B+ | |
B+ | A+ | A+ | B+ | |
A- | A- | A- | A- | |
B | B+ | B+ | C- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Mercer Island, WA average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus 54% projected; overall, schools N/A. See Mercer Island schools on SchoolGrade
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