The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in White Center, WA: Crime Maps and Statistics

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	F

Which crimes are included?

$20.5 million

Cost of Crime™ for White Center, WA

In 2025, crime will cost $3,054 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of White Center with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is White Center, WA Safe?

The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where White Center's combined rate is much higher than the norm. White Center sits in the 2nd percentile, ahead of 2% of cities and behind 98%. The grade covers only White Center's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in White Center is 83.50 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 7 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 19 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southeast parts of White Center, WA report the most crime, about 315 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 37 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in White Center, WA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in White Center for 2025 is $20,483,253, about $1,161 per resident and $3,054 per household. That equals 2.8% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 52.9%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 36.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.4%

How Much Does Crime Cost in White Center Compared to Other Cities?

White Center, WA:	$1161
Concrete, WA:	$1390
Colbert, WA:	$245
Washington:	$610
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in White Center is $1,161 per year, which is $697 more than the national average and $551 more than Washington's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to White Center:

In Concrete, WA, crime costs $1,390 per person, which is $228 more than in White Center.
In Colbert, WA, crime costs $245 per person, which is $916 less than in White Center

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of White Center for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to White Center	Cost per White Center Resident
Murder	$5.67 million	$321
Rape/Sexual Assault	$831,909	$47
Robbery	$697,957	$40
Assault	$1.45 million	$82
Kidnapping	$173,497	$10
Vehicle Theft	$4.45 million	$252
Burglary	$1.53 million	$87
Theft	$2.68 million	$152
Arson	$113,421	$6
Vandalism	$2.68 million	$152
Animal Cruelty	$2,755	$0
Drug Crimes	$59,496	$3
Identity Theft	$150,272	$9
Total Cost of Crime	$20,483,253	$1,161

The Intangible Cost of Crime in White Center, WA

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in White Center totals $42,227,362 ($2,394 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $62,710,615 ($3,556 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The north part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of White Center's 17,636 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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White Center Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 White Center residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	2.864
Robbery	1.258
Rape	0.7780
Murder	0.1710
Total Violent Crime	5.071 (D)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	29.30
Vehicle Theft	16.30
Burglary	9.581
Arson	0.2663
Total Property Crime	55.45 (F)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.1622
Drug Crimes	0.4561
Vandalism	21.24
Identity Theft	1.101
Animal Cruelty	0.0211
Total "Other" Rate	22.98 (F)

Individual White Center Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in White Center is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to White Center.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Boulevard Park, WA	F	D	F
Burien, WA	F	D	F
Tukwila, WA	F	D	F
Normandy Park, WA	D-	C+	F
Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WA	F	D+	F
SeaTac, WA	D-	D+	D-
Mercer Island, WA	D	C	D-
Manchester, WA	F	F	F
Renton, WA	F	D+	F
Des Moines, WA	F	C-	F

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

White Center is higher versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Verdigris, OK	B	B	B
Azalea Park, FL	B	C+	C+
Badger, AK	B+	C-	C-
Ballston Lake, NY	A+	A+	A+
Berwick, PA	B+	A-	A-
Bethlehem, GA	A	A-	A-
Telford, PA	A-	A	A
Trenton, OH	A	A	A
Tuckerton, NJ	A+	A+	A+
Veradale, WA	C-	B	B

Considering only the crime rate, White Center is less safe than the Washington state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in White Center, WA average SchoolGrade of N/A, with N/A% actual proficiency versus 33% projected; overall, schools N/A. See White Center schools on SchoolGrade

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