The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bellevue, WA
Bellevue is the fifth-largest city in Washington, with 150,300 residents in King County, about 8 miles east of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Bellevue, WA safe?
Yes, crime in Bellevue is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Bellevue sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bellevue run from A to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 825 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bellevue as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bellevue scores 825.
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 Bellevue, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bellevue, 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 Bellevue
One part of Bellevue stands out for robbery. Robberies in Somerset, Eastgate & Factoria, in south Bellevue, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Aggravated assault runs low. Bellevue has 0.77 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.6.
Car thefts happen at homes more often than nationally. In Bellevue, 56% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Bellevue
Low crime is the norm across Bellevue: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Bellevue run from A to F; 38% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 2%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lakemont, southeastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Bellevue.A860
2Downtown Seattle, northwestRobberies run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Bellevue.A-841
3Newport Hills, Newport & Newport Shores, southwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Bellevue.A-839
4Meydenbauer, westThefts run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Bellevue.A-833
5Somerset, Eastgate & Factoria, southThefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Bellevue.A-828
6Bridle Trails, northClose to the rest of Bellevue on most crimes.A-803
8Lake Hills, Phantom Lake & West Lake Sammamish, eastThefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Bellevue.A-793
9Wilburton, Woodbridge & Robinswood, centralSimple assaults run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Bellevue.A-770
Neighborhood areas of Bellevue, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Bellevue?
Reported violent crime in Bellevue peaked in 2022 and has fallen 12% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 13% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.3 to 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 29 to 33 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 10%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BellevueUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bellevue. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bellevue
Violent, US
Property, Bellevue
Property, US
2016
-22%
+4%
+13%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
-1%
+12%
2018
+8%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-6%
+4%
+4%
-8%
2021
+1%
+6%
+22%
-10%
2022
+23%
+5%
+28%
-6%
2023
+20%
+2%
+20%
-7%
2024
+8%
-4%
+13%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bellevue
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bellevue has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% more than the US as a whole and close to Washington.
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 Bellevue is theft, about 60% 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 Bellevue
Bellevue has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bellevue, 45% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (45%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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 Bellevue compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Bellevue, 5 have less crime. Sammamish and Medina have the least.
Two things set Bellevue apart: it has 105 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 34 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.105 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bellevue: C- (29 of 100).34 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% 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 and assault. 61% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.32% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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 Bellevue
Crime costs Bellevue about $872 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $53 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $90 million a year, or $602 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.6 million
$17
Rape
$930,000
$6
Robbery
$2.4 million
$16
Assault
$8.8 million
$58
Burglary
$4.9 million
$33
Theft
$20 million
$136
Vehicle theft
$7.9 million
$52
Arson
$290,000
$2
Vandalism
$4.4 million
$29
Total
$53 million
$350
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 Bellevue 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 Bellevue, WA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 70% of students test proficient, against 59% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Bellevue on SchoolGrade
