The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Covington, WA
Covington is a city of 22,700 in King County, about 19 miles southeast of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Covington, WA safe?
Crime in Covington is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Covington. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Covington run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 747 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Covington as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Covington scores 747.
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 Covington, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Covington, 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 Covington
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most B-graded cities. Covington has 0.79 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 3.1.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Covington, 65% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Covington
Every part of Covington where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Covington run from A to B-; 1% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Covington, the north side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Covington?
Reported violent crime in Covington peaked in 2022 and has fallen 43% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 10% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 28 to 31 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CovingtonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Covington. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Covington
Violent, US
Property, Covington
Property, US
2016
-18%
+4%
+15%
+15%
2017
-8%
+4%
+23%
+12%
2018
-17%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
+4%
-3%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
+52%
-10%
2022
+81%
+5%
+44%
-6%
2023
-6%
+2%
+28%
-7%
2024
+3%
-4%
+10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Covington
CrimeGrade™ estimates Covington has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% 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 Covington is theft, about 53% 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 Covington
Covington has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 38% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (65%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (78%)
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 Covington compares with nearby cities
Covington has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Covington apart: it has 3.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 22 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.22 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 84% 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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% 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.7.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 79% 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 Covington: D (15 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 70% 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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 68% 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 Covington
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Covington about $1,178 a year per household, about the same as 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 $17 million a year, or $746 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$640,000
$28
Rape
$400,000
$18
Robbery
$430,000
$19
Assault
$1.4 million
$63
Burglary
$610,000
$27
Theft
$2.6 million
$113
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$62
Arson
$34,000
$1
Vandalism
$840,000
$37
Total
$8.4 million
$369
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 Covington 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 Covington, WA average a SchoolGrade of B-: 48% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Covington on SchoolGrade
