The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Walla Walla County, WA
Walla Walla County is home to 62,200 residents and includes Walla Walla and College Place · Updated November 2026
Is Walla Walla County, WA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Walla Walla County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Walla Walla County run from A+ to C, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 901 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Walla Walla County as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Walla Walla County scores 901.
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 Walla Walla County, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Walla Walla County, 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 Walla Walla County
Aggravated assault runs low. Walla Walla County has 1.4 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and most dangerous places in Walla Walla County
Low crime is the norm across Walla Walla County: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Walla Walla County run from A+ to C; 57% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
95%
A or B 95%C 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Walla Walla County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Burbank area has the least crime and the Walla Walla area the most.
Is crime going up in Walla Walla County?
Reported crime in Walla Walla County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 16% and property crime down 33%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 16 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Walla Walla CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Walla Walla County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Walla Walla County
Violent, US
Property, Walla Walla County
Property, US
2016
+2%
+4%
+31%
+15%
2017
+32%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
+15%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
-7%
+6%
-29%
-10%
2022
+13%
+5%
+0%
-6%
2023
+2%
+2%
-27%
-7%
2024
-16%
-4%
-33%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Walla Walla County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Walla Walla County has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 27% less 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.
Theft makes up about 40% of crime reported in Walla Walla County. 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 Walla Walla County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Walla Walla County, 2022 to 2024.
In Walla Walla County, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 27% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (27%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
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 Walla Walla County compares with nearby counties
Walla Walla County has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest counties. Wallowa County, OR and Columbia County have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Walla Walla County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Walla Walla County has more crime than 72% of them.
Shops, transit and walkability in Walla Walla County
Walla Walla County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 79% of Americans
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 Walla Walla County: F (1 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 68% of Americans
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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% of Americans
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.76% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 65% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.43 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 52% of Americans
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 Walla Walla County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Walla Walla County about $1,026 a year per household, 15% 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 $76 million a year, or $1,216 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.0 million
$80
Rape
$2.0 million
$33
Robbery
$410,000
$7
Assault
$5.3 million
$86
Burglary
$1.6 million
$25
Theft
$4.3 million
$68
Vehicle theft
$1.8 million
$30
Arson
$530,000
$9
Vandalism
$2.8 million
$44
Total
$24 million
$381
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 Walla Walla County 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 Walla Walla County, WA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 40% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Walla Walla County on SchoolGrade
