The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Richland, WA
Richland is a city of 62,000 in Benton County, about 9 miles northwest of downtown Kennewick · Updated November 2026
Is Richland, WA safe?
Yes, crime in Richland is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Richland sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Richland 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 823 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Richland as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Richland scores 823.
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 Richland, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richland, 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 Richland
Car thefts run high in Richland Village, Downtown Richland & Uptown. In this part of central Richland, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Richland.
Reported rape stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.25 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Richland has 0.62.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Richland
Every part of Richland where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Richland 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.
1Keene Valley & Little Badger, southSimple assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Richland.A879
2Horn Rapids, northwestThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Richland.A875
3Queensgate, southwestCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Richland.A868
4Meadow Springs, Leslie Canyon & Island View, southeastThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Richland.A-822
6Cottonwood, westCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Richland.B+761
7Richland Village, Downtown Richland & Uptown, centralBurglaries run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Richland.B682
Neighborhood areas of Richland, 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 Richland?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Richland is up 42%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.8 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 21 to 20 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 24%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RichlandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Richland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Richland
Violent, US
Property, Richland
Property, US
2016
+2%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
+2%
+4%
+12%
+12%
2018
+27%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+60%
+4%
+24%
-8%
2021
+68%
+6%
+43%
-10%
2022
+84%
+5%
+80%
-6%
2023
+44%
+2%
+24%
-7%
2024
+42%
-4%
-6%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Richland
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richland has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% 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 36% of crime reported in Richland. 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 Richland
Richland has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Richland, 54% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 45% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
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 Richland compares with nearby cities
Richland has more crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Eltopia and Whitstran have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Richland apart: it has 4.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 71 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.71 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 87% 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. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 54% 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.4.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 67% 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 Richland: D+ (25 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 59% 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.12% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 57% 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 Richland
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Richland about $1,033 a year per household, 14% 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 $61 million a year, or $981 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.8 million
$29
Rape
$2.3 million
$37
Robbery
$640,000
$10
Assault
$7.3 million
$118
Burglary
$1.3 million
$21
Theft
$4.8 million
$77
Vehicle theft
$2.7 million
$44
Arson
$140,000
$2
Vandalism
$3.9 million
$64
Total
$25 million
$403
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 Richland 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 Richland, WA average a SchoolGrade of B: 49% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Richland on SchoolGrade
