4-19-2019
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Bellingham is among the top 25 safest cities in Washington.
Safehome.org analyzed scores of crime data on cities with populations over 46,000 and named Bellingham the 15th safest city in the state.
Other factors that contributed to the ranking were the ratio of officers to civilians and the percent change in violent and property crimes.
Bright spots for Bellingham are downward trends for both violent and property crimes.
Bellingham lags behind cities like Bellevue, Lacey and Olympia but is ahead of Seattle, Everett and Tacoma.
The survey found Sammamish is the safest city in Washington.