Bagley Downs is a neighborhood of 9,330 residents in Vancouver, about 3 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Bagley Downs in Vancouver safe?
Crime in Bagley Downs is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Bagley Downs. Violent crime grades C and property crime D+. Vancouver as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bagley Downs run from B- to D, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 374 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bagley Downs as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bagley Downs scores 374.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Bagley Downs, Vancouver, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bagley Downs in Vancouver, 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 in Bagley Downs
Car thefts run high. Bagley Downs has car thefts at about double the US rate: 5.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Bagley Downs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bagley Downs has about 63 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 68% more than the US as a whole and close to Vancouver as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Bagley Downs is assault, about 37% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Vancouver
The Vancouver Police Department polices Bagley Downs; these figures cover Vancouver as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Vancouver as a whole, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (51%)
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.
How Bagley Downs compares with nearby neighborhoods
Bagley Downs has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. West Minnehaha and Van Mall have the least crime nearby.
Bagley Downs looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.21% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault.C (36 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.6.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 64% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Bagley Downs
Crime costs Bagley Downs about $2,163 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 79% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $20 million a year, or $2,192 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Bagley Downs means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Bagley Downs, Vancouver, WA average a SchoolGrade of F: 24% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Bagley Downs on SchoolGrade
