The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Dupont, WA
Dupont is a city of 10,700 in Pierce County, about 40 miles southwest of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Dupont, WA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Dupont: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Every neighborhood in Dupont grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 901 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Dupont as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Dupont scores 901.
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 Dupont, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Dupont, 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 Dupont
Simple assaults are uncommon. Dupont has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Dupont
Every part of Dupont where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Dupont, the northeast side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Dupont?
Reported property crime in Dupont has fallen 15% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 40%.
Property crime, change since 2019
DupontUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Dupont. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Dupont
Property, US
2016
-56%
+15%
2017
-7%
+12%
2018
-8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
-8%
2021
+24%
-10%
2022
+67%
-6%
2023
+40%
-7%
2024
-15%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Dupont
CrimeGrade™ estimates Dupont has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% less than the US as a whole and 56% less than 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 Dupont is theft, about 46% 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 Dupont
Dupont has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Dupont, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 34% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (30%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Dupont compares with nearby cities
Dupont has less crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities; only Longbranch and Anderson Island have less.
Two things set Dupont apart: it has 4.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% 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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 69% 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.3.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 85% 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.36% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% 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.85% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Dupont 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 crime costs Dupont
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Dupont about $551 a year per household, 54% less 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 $5.0 million a year, or $470 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$250,000
$23
Rape
$140,000
$14
Robbery
$32,000
$3
Assault
$370,000
$34
Burglary
$160,000
$15
Theft
$500,000
$46
Vehicle theft
$270,000
$25
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$300,000
$28
Total
$2.0 million
$190
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 Dupont 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. Dupont is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Dupont, WA average a SchoolGrade of B: 50% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Dupont on SchoolGrade
