The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tukwila, WA
Tukwila is a city of 21,700 in King County, about 9 miles south of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Tukwila, WA safe?
Tukwila has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B against F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tukwila run from B- to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 371 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tukwila as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tukwila scores 371.
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 Tukwila, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tukwila, 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 Tukwila
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In Tukwila, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 27.7 car thefts and 111.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Tukwila, 72% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Tukwila
High crime is widespread across Tukwila: 67% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 2% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Tukwila run from B- to F; every part of Tukwila has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
31%67%
A or B 2%C 31%D or F 67%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Tukwila, the southeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Tukwila?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Tukwila is up 15% and property crime is down 11%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.8 to 9.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 165 to 148 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 17%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
TukwilaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Tukwila. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tukwila
Violent, US
Property, Tukwila
Property, US
2016
+8%
+4%
-6%
+15%
2017
+13%
+4%
-9%
+12%
2018
-5%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
+4%
-18%
-8%
2021
-1%
+6%
-6%
-10%
2022
+1%
+5%
+23%
-6%
2023
+8%
+2%
+8%
-7%
2024
+15%
-4%
-10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tukwila
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tukwila has about 230 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for 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 is the most common crime in Tukwila, about 48% 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 Tukwila
Tukwila has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 70% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (72%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (29%)
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 Tukwila compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Tukwila, 6 have less crime. Normandy Park and East Hill-Meridian have the least.
Two things set Tukwila apart: it has 46.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 217 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. 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.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.46.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.217 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% 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. 66% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% 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.5.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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 Tukwila: C (32 of 100).32 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Tukwila 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 Tukwila
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Tukwila about $5,683 a year per household, more than triple 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 $99 million a year, or $4,568 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.0 million
$233
Rape
$1.6 million
$75
Robbery
$2.3 million
$106
Assault
$5.6 million
$259
Burglary
$1.6 million
$75
Theft
$12 million
$571
Vehicle theft
$9.2 million
$425
Arson
$160,000
$7
Vandalism
$8.4 million
$389
Total
$46 million
$2,140
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 Tukwila 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 Tukwila, WA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 35% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Tukwila on SchoolGrade
