Pasco is a city of 84,300 in Franklin County, about 4 miles north of downtown Kennewick · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Pasco?
Pasco earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 834 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Pasco as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Pasco scores 834.
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 Pasco, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pasco, 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 Pasco
Robbery stands out among cities graded A for violent crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 0.14 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Pasco has 0.53.
Aggravated assaults run high in Columbia-Pasco, Stadium Park & Colonial Acres. In this part of south Pasco, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Pasco.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Pasco
Most of Pasco grades well for violent crime: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Violent crime grades across Pasco run from A+ to C+.
95%
A or B 95%C 5%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Casa del Sol & Desert Estates, northSimple assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Pasco.A+930
2Rivers Crossing, Columbia Place & Lovisa Farms, northwestAggravated assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of Pasco.A905
3Chapel Hill, westAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Pasco.A902
4Highland Park Homes, eastClose to the rest of Pasco on most crimes.A-778
5Sun Willows, Desert Plateau & College View Heights, centralAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Pasco.A-776
6Sylvester Park, Terrace Heights & Gantenbein, southeastRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Pasco.B+704
7Columbia-Pasco, Stadium Park & Colonial Acres, southRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Pasco.B645
Neighborhood areas of Pasco, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in Pasco?
Reported violent crime in Pasco has risen 47% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.3 to 3.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
PascoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pasco. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pasco
Violent, US
2016
-11%
+4%
2017
-7%
+4%
2018
-3%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+3%
+4%
2021
+12%
+6%
2022
+40%
+5%
2023
+30%
+2%
2024
+47%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Pasco
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pasco has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and close to Washington.
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 Pasco, about 93% 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 Pasco
Pasco has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pasco, 43% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 43% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (43%)
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 Pasco and nearby cities
Pasco has more violent crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities. Eltopia and Burbank have the least violent crime nearby.
Pasco looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.
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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Pasco: C- (28 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 62% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.22% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Pasco 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 violent crime costs Pasco
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Pasco about $72 million a year, or $860 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $18 million, or $211 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 75% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.9 million
$34
Rape
$1.5 million
$17
Robbery
$1.4 million
$16
Assault
$12 million
$143
Total
$18 million
$211
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.
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.
