North End, Tacoma, WA Violent Crime Rates and Maps
North End is a neighborhood of 27,500 residents in Tacoma, about 2 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in North End?
Violent crime is high in North End: a B+, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 72% of Americans live. Assaults make up 87% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Tacoma as a whole grades C for violent crime.
B+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 717 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than North End as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. North End scores 717.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in North End, Tacoma, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North End in Tacoma, 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 about violent crime in North End
Simple assault runs low. North End has 4.2 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
How North End compares within Tacoma
Low violent crime is the norm across North End: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Violent crime grades across North End run from A to C.
86%14%
A or B 86%C 14%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
North End has less violent crime than 6 of the 10 neighborhoods in Tacoma. It covers much of the West End and North End areas.
Is violent crime going up in Tacoma?
Reported violent crime in Tacoma as a whole has risen 24% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 8.6 to 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
TacomaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Tacoma. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tacoma
Violent, US
2016
+11%
+4%
2017
-5%
+4%
2018
+2%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-0%
+4%
2021
+42%
+6%
2022
+89%
+5%
2023
+46%
+2%
2024
+24%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in North End
CrimeGrade™ estimates North End has about 8.8 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% less than the US as a whole and 57% less than Tacoma as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in North End, about 87% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Tacoma
The Tacoma Police Department polices North End; these figures cover Tacoma as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Tacoma as a whole, 32% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 48% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
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.
Violent crime in North End and nearby neighborhoods
North End has less violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from North End. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, North End has more violent crime than 51% of them.
Tree cover, nightlife and walkability in North End
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set North End apart: it has 0.9 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 17 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many bars tend to report more assault and robbery, and they run high here.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.24% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 80% 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 assault. 58% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (31 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.17 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 76% 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 violent crime costs North End
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs North End about $30 million a year, or $1,076 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $6.1 million, or $223 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. North End is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
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.
