Starcrest is a neighborhood of 10,600 residents in Salmon Creek · Updated November 2026
Is Starcrest in Salmon Creek safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Starcrest is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Starcrest sits near the middle: 44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. Salmon Creek as a whole grades A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Starcrest run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 803 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Starcrest as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Starcrest scores 803.
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 Starcrest, Salmon Creek, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Starcrest in Salmon Creek, 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 Starcrest
Simple assaults are uncommon. Starcrest has simple assaults at about half the US rate: 5.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Starcrest
Every part of Starcrest where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Starcrest run from A to B; 44% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Crime rates and types in Starcrest
CrimeGrade™ estimates Starcrest has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and close to Salmon Creek as a whole.
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 Starcrest. 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.
How Starcrest compares with nearby neighborhoods
Starcrest has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Felida-Starcrest and Pleasant Valley have less.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Starcrest
One thing sets Starcrest apart: it has 1.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet vandalism runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.27% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Starcrest
Crime costs Starcrest about $653 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 46% 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 $7.9 million a year, or $747 per resident.
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 Starcrest 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 Starcrest, Salmon Creek, WA average a SchoolGrade of C+: 46% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Starcrest on SchoolGrade
