The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Spokane Valley, WA
Spokane Valley is a city of 82,700 in Spokane County, about 8 miles east of downtown Spokane · Updated November 2026
Is Spokane Valley, WA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Spokane Valley has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Spokane Valley run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 708 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Spokane Valley as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Spokane Valley scores 708.
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 Spokane Valley, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Spokane Valley, 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 Spokane Valley
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Spokane Valley runs 84% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 23% below it: 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Burglary stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Spokane Valley has 6.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Spokane Valley
Most of Spokane Valley grades well: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Spokane Valley run from A+ to C; 15% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Spokane Valley, the southwest side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Spokane Valley?
Reported crime in Spokane Valley has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 21% and property crime down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.1 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 44 to 36 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 22%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Spokane ValleyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Spokane Valley. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Spokane Valley
Violent, US
Property, Spokane Valley
Property, US
2016
-10%
+4%
+25%
+15%
2017
-28%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
+12%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+8%
+4%
-4%
-8%
2021
-5%
+6%
-13%
-10%
2022
+10%
+5%
-7%
-6%
2023
+1%
+2%
-21%
-7%
2024
-22%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Spokane Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Spokane Valley has about 68 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 84% more than the US as a whole and 52% more 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 Spokane Valley 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 Spokane Valley
Spokane Valley has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Spokane Valley, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (59%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
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 Spokane Valley compares with nearby cities
Spokane Valley has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Valleyford and Mica have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in Spokane Valley
Two things set Spokane Valley apart: it has 3.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 7 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 90% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 59% 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.13.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 76% 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 Spokane Valley: D (16 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 76% 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.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower 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 Spokane Valley
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Spokane Valley about $1,474 a year per household, 22% 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 $96 million a year, or $1,155 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.8 million
$34
Rape
$1.5 million
$19
Robbery
$1.3 million
$16
Assault
$11 million
$134
Burglary
$5.0 million
$60
Theft
$12 million
$148
Vehicle theft
$4.5 million
$54
Arson
$270,000
$3
Vandalism
$9.3 million
$113
Total
$48 million
$581
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 Spokane Valley 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 Spokane Valley, WA average a SchoolGrade of C+: 47% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Spokane Valley on SchoolGrade
