Pasco is a city of 84,300 in Franklin County, about 4 miles north of downtown Kennewick · Updated November 2026
Is Pasco, WA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Pasco is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Pasco sits near the middle: 41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pasco run from A+ to D+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 788 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pasco as a whole, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pasco scores 788.
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 Pasco, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pasco, 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 Pasco
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Pasco has 4.4.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Pasco
Most of Pasco grades well: 79% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Pasco run from A+ to D+; 39% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
79%20%
A or B 79%C 20%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Casa del Sol & Desert Estates, northBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Pasco.A909
2Chapel Hill, westCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Pasco.A869
3Rivers Crossing, Columbia Place & Lovisa Farms, northwestCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Pasco.A857
4Highland Park Homes, eastBurglaries run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Pasco.B+710
5Sun Willows, Desert Plateau & College View Heights, centralCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Pasco.B+705
6Sylvester Park, Terrace Heights & Gantenbein, southeastRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Pasco.B635
7Columbia-Pasco, Stadium Park & Colonial Acres, southCar thefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Pasco.B-556
Neighborhood areas of Pasco, 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.
Is crime going up in Pasco?
Reported crime in Pasco has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 47% and property crime up 23%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.3 to 3.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 22 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PascoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pasco. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pasco
Violent, US
Property, Pasco
Property, US
2016
-11%
+4%
+31%
+15%
2017
-7%
+4%
+12%
+12%
2018
-3%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+3%
+4%
-1%
-8%
2021
+12%
+6%
+15%
-10%
2022
+40%
+5%
+62%
-6%
2023
+30%
+2%
+24%
-7%
2024
+47%
-4%
+23%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pasco
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pasco has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 makes up about 33% of crime reported in Pasco. Assault is less common but 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 Pasco
Pasco has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pasco, 45% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 32% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (43%)
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 Pasco compares with nearby cities
Pasco has more crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities. Eltopia and Burbank have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Pasco apart: it has 4.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 78% 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 75% 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 Pasco: C- (28 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 62% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Pasco on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Pasco
Crime costs Pasco about $1,488 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 23% more 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 $93 million a year, or $1,101 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.9 million
$34
Rape
$1.5 million
$17
Robbery
$1.4 million
$16
Assault
$12 million
$143
Burglary
$2.2 million
$26
Theft
$6.3 million
$74
Vehicle theft
$5.7 million
$68
Arson
$340,000
$4
Vandalism
$5.5 million
$65
Total
$38 million
$448
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 Pasco 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 Pasco, WA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 31% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Pasco on SchoolGrade
