The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Mukilteo, WA
Mukilteo is a city of 21,900 in Snohomish County, about 20 miles north of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Mukilteo, WA safe?
Yes, crime in Mukilteo is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Mukilteo sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 844 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mukilteo as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mukilteo scores 844.
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 Mukilteo, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mukilteo, 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 Mukilteo
Burglary stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Mukilteo has 3.1.
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Mukilteo, 56% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Mukilteo
Every part of Mukilteo where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Mukilteo run from A to A-; 51% 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.
Within Mukilteo, the southwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Mukilteo?
Reported violent crime in Mukilteo peaked in 2021 and has fallen 55% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 2% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 1.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 17 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
MukilteoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Mukilteo. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Mukilteo
Violent, US
Property, Mukilteo
Property, US
2016
+10%
+4%
+26%
+15%
2017
+44%
+4%
+30%
+12%
2018
+67%
+0%
+23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+26%
+4%
+15%
-8%
2021
+121%
+6%
+55%
-10%
2022
+14%
+5%
+47%
-6%
2023
+24%
+2%
+10%
-7%
2024
+0%
-4%
+2%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Mukilteo
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mukilteo has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% less than the US as a whole and 37% 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 Mukilteo, about 41% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Mukilteo
Mukilteo has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Mukilteo, 45% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 51% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (29%)
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 Mukilteo compares with nearby cities
Mukilteo has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Mukilteo apart: it has 9 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 3.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery, and theft runs 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 Mukilteo: C- (27 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 83% 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.3.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 83% 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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 77% 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.97% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 54% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.45 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 54% 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 Mukilteo
Crime costs Mukilteo about $636 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 47% 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 $507 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$410,000
$19
Rape
$170,000
$8
Robbery
$150,000
$7
Assault
$1.1 million
$52
Burglary
$600,000
$28
Theft
$1.3 million
$60
Vehicle theft
$630,000
$29
Arson
$20,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$47
Total
$5.5 million
$249
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 Mukilteo 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 Mukilteo, WA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 55% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Mukilteo on SchoolGrade
