The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Port Angeles, WA
Port Angeles is a city of 37,100 in Clallam County, about 50 miles northwest of Bremerton · Updated November 2026
Is Port Angeles, WA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Port Angeles is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Port Angeles sits near the middle: 51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Port Angeles run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 843 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Port Angeles as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Port Angeles scores 843.
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 Port Angeles, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Port Angeles, 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 Port Angeles
Reported rapes run high for an A-graded city. Port Angeles has 0.70 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.25.
The safest and least safe parts of Port Angeles
Most of Port Angeles grades well: 91% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Port Angeles run from A+ to C; 45% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
91%
A or B 91%C 9%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Port Angeles, the southwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Port Angeles?
Reported crime in Port Angeles has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 10% and property crime down 31%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.3 to 5.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 36 to 25 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Port AngelesUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Port Angeles. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Port Angeles
Violent, US
Property, Port Angeles
Property, US
2016
-10%
+4%
+39%
+15%
2017
-8%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
-16%
+0%
+14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+11%
+4%
-18%
-8%
2021
-10%
+6%
-30%
-10%
2022
+8%
+5%
+8%
-6%
2023
-3%
+2%
-21%
-7%
2024
-10%
-4%
-31%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Port Angeles
CrimeGrade™ estimates Port Angeles has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Port Angeles, about 33% 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 Port Angeles
Port Angeles has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Port Angeles, 49% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 34% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (38%)
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 Port Angeles compares with nearby cities
Port Angeles has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Port Angeles
Two things set Port Angeles apart: it has 51% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, yet vandalism runs higher here than that would suggest.
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.51% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 87% 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.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 85% 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% 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.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 74% 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 Port Angeles: D (12 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% 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.4.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 66% 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 Port Angeles
Crime costs Port Angeles about $1,086 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 10% 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 $52 million a year, or $1,401 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.4 million
$64
Rape
$1.6 million
$42
Robbery
$360,000
$10
Assault
$5.8 million
$156
Burglary
$1.1 million
$30
Theft
$2.4 million
$65
Vehicle theft
$990,000
$27
Arson
$140,000
$4
Vandalism
$2.4 million
$65
Total
$17 million
$463
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 Port Angeles 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 Port Angeles, WA average a SchoolGrade of B: 49% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Port Angeles on SchoolGrade
