Data on this report is based on areas within the legal city boundary, outlined in black on the map. Any additional neighborhoods shown on the map are associated with the city by name and are included for reference only.
Raw data sources:
18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually.
Methodology:
Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations….
According to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Sammamish is safer than 63% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In Washington, only on the order of 22% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Sammamish. If you live in Sammamish, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 182. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 47. It is for these reasons that Sammamish is ranked as one of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.
Additionally, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Sammamish, and we found that the crime rate in Sammamish is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. This means Sammamish is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Sammamish does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Sammamish.
For Sammamish, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Sammamish than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3693, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
Moreover, the rate of property crime in Sammamish; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 5 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.
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