Five Mile Prairie is a neighborhood of 7,820 residents in Spokane, about 5 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Five Mile Prairie in Spokane safe?
Yes, crime in Five Mile Prairie is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Five Mile Prairie sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. Spokane as a whole grades B-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 858 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Five Mile Prairie as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Five Mile Prairie scores 858.
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 Five Mile Prairie, Spokane, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Five Mile Prairie in Spokane, 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
Crime rates and types in Five Mile Prairie
CrimeGrade™ estimates Five Mile Prairie has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% less than the US as a whole and 76% less than Spokane as a whole.
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 Five Mile Prairie, 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 Spokane
The Spokane Police Department polices Five Mile Prairie; these figures cover Spokane as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Spokane as a whole, 64% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 37% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
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 Five Mile Prairie compares with nearby neighborhoods
Five Mile Prairie has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Five Mile Prairie. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Five Mile Prairie is safer than 74% of them.
Walkability, empty homes and shops in Five Mile Prairie
Two things set Five Mile Prairie apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (2 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 0.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and assault runs low here.
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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (2 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.0.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.0.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Five Mile Prairie
Crime costs Five Mile Prairie about $592 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 51% 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 $3.6 million a year, or $458 per resident.
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 Five Mile Prairie 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 Five Mile Prairie, Spokane, WA average a SchoolGrade of B: 51% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Five Mile Prairie on SchoolGrade
