The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lakeland South, WA
Lakeland South is an unincorporated community of 11,900 in King County, about 25 miles south of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Lakeland South, WA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Lakeland South has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lakeland South run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 749 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lakeland South as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lakeland South scores 749.
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 Lakeland South, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lakeland South, 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 Lakeland South
Simple assault runs low. Lakeland South has 4.9 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Lakeland South
Low crime is the norm across Lakeland South: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Lakeland South run from A- to C; every part of Lakeland South has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
98%
A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lakeland South, the east side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in Lakeland South
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lakeland South has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% less than the US as a whole and 42% 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 Lakeland South, about 35% 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 Lakeland South compares with nearby cities
Lakeland South has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Lakeland South apart: it has 0.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 8 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.0.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.8 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 98% 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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (4 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 93% of US city residents
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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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 79% 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.4.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 69% 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 Lakeland South
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lakeland South about $956 a year per household, 21% 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 $12 million a year, or $1,022 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$860,000
$73
Rape
$210,000
$17
Robbery
$160,000
$13
Assault
$830,000
$70
Burglary
$270,000
$23
Theft
$570,000
$47
Vehicle theft
$700,000
$59
Arson
$31,000
$3
Vandalism
$320,000
$27
Total
$3.9 million
$332
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 Lakeland South 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. Lakeland South 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 Lakeland South, WA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 37% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Lakeland South on SchoolGrade
