The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Everett, WA
Everett is a city of 143,600 in Snohomish County, about 25 miles north of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Everett, WA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Everett has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 72% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Everett run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 666 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Everett as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Everett scores 666.
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 Everett, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Everett, 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 Everett
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Everett runs 41% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 41% below it: 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Car thefts run high for a B-graded city. Everett has 7.3 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.9.
Burglaries run high in Port Gardner & Glacier View. In this part of central Everett, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Everett.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Everett
In Everett, 55% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 30% in areas graded C and 15% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Everett run from A+ to F; 10% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
55%30%15%
A or B 55%C 30%D or F 15%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Seattle Hill-Silver Firs & Valley View, southeastBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of Everett.A847
6Delta & Riverside-Everett, northeastAggravated assaults run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Everett.B-598
7Bayside & Northwest Everett, northCar thefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Everett.B-586
8Port Gardner & Glacier View, centralCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Everett.C+479
Neighborhood areas of Everett, 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 Everett?
Reported crime in Everett has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 17% and property crime down 11%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.2 to 2.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 36 to 32 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 33% and property crime fell 24%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
EverettUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Everett. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Everett
Violent, US
Property, Everett
Property, US
2016
+42%
+4%
+44%
+15%
2017
+49%
+4%
+30%
+12%
2018
+10%
+0%
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
+4%
-5%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
+17%
-10%
2022
+40%
+5%
+21%
-6%
2023
+24%
+2%
+17%
-7%
2024
-17%
-4%
-11%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Everett
CrimeGrade™ estimates Everett has about 52 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 41% more than the US as a whole and 16% more 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 makes up about 37% of crime reported in Everett. Vehicle theft is less common but 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 Everett
Everett has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Everett, 35% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (28%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
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 Everett compares with nearby cities
Everett has more crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Silver Firs and Mill Creek East have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Everett apart: it has 20 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 75 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
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 Everett: C (33 of 100).20 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 92% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.75 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 89% 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- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 80% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.38% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 75% 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 64% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 59% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Everett 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 Everett
Crime costs Everett about $1,393 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $78 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 $191 million a year, or $1,330 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$11 million
$80
Rape
$2.5 million
$17
Robbery
$2.8 million
$20
Assault
$14 million
$95
Burglary
$4.8 million
$33
Theft
$14 million
$100
Vehicle theft
$16 million
$112
Arson
$460,000
$3
Vandalism
$13 million
$87
Total
$78 million
$546
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 Everett 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 Everett, WA average a SchoolGrade of B: 51% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Everett on SchoolGrade
