The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Klickitat County, WA
Klickitat County is home to 23,400 residents and includes Goldendale and White Salmon · Updated November 2026
Is Klickitat County, WA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Klickitat County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Klickitat County run from A+ to B+, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 963 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
91% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Klickitat County as a whole, and 9% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Klickitat County scores 963.
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 Klickitat County, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Klickitat County, 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 Klickitat County
Simple assaults are uncommon. Klickitat County has simple assaults at less than half the US rate: 3.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Klickitat County
Every part of Klickitat County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Klickitat County run from A+ to B+; 91% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Klickitat County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the northeast side has the least crime and the Goldendale area the most.
Crime rates and types in Klickitat County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Klickitat County has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and 35% 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 Klickitat County, about 34% of everything reported.
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.
How Klickitat County compares with nearby counties
Klickitat County has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Klickitat County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Klickitat County is safer than 65% of them.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Klickitat County
Two things set Klickitat County apart: it has 22% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
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.22% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 97% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 95% of Americans
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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of Americans
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 88% of Americans
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 Klickitat County: F (2 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.31 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 85% of Americans
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 Klickitat County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Klickitat County about $972 a year per household, 19% 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 $32 million a year, or $1,365 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.7 million
$117
Rape
$840,000
$36
Robbery
$92,000
$4
Assault
$1.1 million
$49
Burglary
$550,000
$24
Theft
$1.2 million
$52
Vehicle theft
$640,000
$27
Arson
$220,000
$10
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$65
Total
$9.0 million
$382
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 Klickitat County 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. Klickitat County is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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 Klickitat County, WA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 40% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Klickitat County on SchoolGrade
