The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in East Wenatchee, WA
East Wenatchee is a city of 33,700 in Douglas County, next to Wenatchee · Updated November 2026
Is East Wenatchee, WA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and East Wenatchee has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within East Wenatchee run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 898 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Wenatchee as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Wenatchee scores 898.
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 East Wenatchee, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Wenatchee, 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 East Wenatchee
Aggravated assault runs low. East Wenatchee has 0.66 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.6.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In East Wenatchee, 54% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of East Wenatchee
Every part of East Wenatchee where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across East Wenatchee run from A+ to B+; 75% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within East Wenatchee, the north side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in East Wenatchee
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Wenatchee has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% less than the US as a whole and 55% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in East Wenatchee, about 44% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 East Wenatchee
East Wenatchee has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 48% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How East Wenatchee compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to East Wenatchee, 5 have less crime. Dryden and Malaga have the least.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in East Wenatchee
Two things set East Wenatchee apart: it has 3.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 27 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
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 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 76% 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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% 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.7.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 76% 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 East Wenatchee: D (15 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 73% 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.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 72% 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 East Wenatchee
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs East Wenatchee about $617 a year per household, 49% 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 $21 million a year, or $620 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$43
Rape
$360,000
$11
Robbery
$250,000
$8
Assault
$1.8 million
$55
Burglary
$390,000
$12
Theft
$1.5 million
$46
Vehicle theft
$640,000
$19
Arson
$61,000
$2
Vandalism
$690,000
$20
Total
$7.2 million
$215
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 East Wenatchee 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. East Wenatchee 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 East Wenatchee, WA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 44% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in East Wenatchee on SchoolGrade
