The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Mill Creek, WA
Mill Creek is a city of 21,100 in Snohomish County, about 19 miles north of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Mill Creek, WA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Mill Creek is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Mill Creek sits near the middle: 46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Mill Creek run from A to B, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 815 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mill Creek as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mill Creek scores 815.
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 Mill Creek, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mill Creek, 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 Mill Creek
Car thefts run high for an A-graded city. Mill Creek has 2.7 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93.
One part of Mill Creek stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Downtown Mill Creek, in southwest Mill Creek, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Mill Creek
Every part of Mill Creek where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Mill Creek run from A to B; 46% 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.
2Downtown Mill Creek, southwestActs of vandalism run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Mill Creek.A-788
3Martha Lake, northwestClose to the rest of Mill Creek on most crimes.B+719
Neighborhood areas of Mill Creek, 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.
Crime rates and types in Mill Creek
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mill Creek has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% less than the US as a whole and 33% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Mill Creek is theft, about 42% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Mill Creek
Mill Creek has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Mill Creek, 39% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 61% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (66%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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 Mill Creek compares with nearby cities
Mill Creek has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Night lighting, transit and walkability in Mill Creek
Two things set Mill Creek apart: it has 16 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 0.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery, and theft runs high 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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 Mill Creek: C- (31 of 100).16 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 90% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 50% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.33 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 66% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 63% 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 Mill Creek
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Mill Creek about $647 a year per household, 46% 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 $11 million a year, or $534 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$350,000
$17
Rape
$180,000
$8
Robbery
$190,000
$9
Assault
$1.2 million
$59
Burglary
$510,000
$24
Theft
$1.4 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$860,000
$41
Arson
$51,000
$2
Vandalism
$940,000
$44
Total
$5.7 million
$270
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 Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek, WA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 59% of students test proficient, against 49% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Mill Creek on SchoolGrade
