Monday's midday warrant sweep and Lettered Streets focus
Happy Tuesday, Bellingham!
Yesterday unfolded as a midday-heavy Monday, with officers logging 27 incidents between midnight and midnight. The Lettered Streets corridor anchored the day—twelve calls spanning warrant arrests at the station, a trespass on C Street, and welfare checks on State—while the lunch hour brought a flurry of paperwork and custody transports. Cornwall Park saw a pair of burglary arrests at Bellis Fair, and the evening stayed relatively quiet after a brief uptick around dinnertime.
At a Glance
Monday delivered a textbook example of midday enforcement concentration. With twelve incidents in the Lettered Streets neighborhood—nearly half the city's total—and seven "Other" category calls driven by warrant processing, the day reflected scheduled police work rather than reactive patrol. Cornwall Park's two burglary arrests at Bellis Fair and a handful of welfare checks and traffic stops filled out a roster that stayed firmly in administrative territory.
Today and tonight should follow a similar rhythm if the pattern holds: expect the busiest window between late morning and early afternoon, particularly around downtown corridors and retail centers. Evening hours have been consistently calm this week, so if you're planning errands or meetings, the post-4 p.m. window offers the lightest footprint. Keep an eye on parking and trespass enforcement in the Lettered Streets core, where officers have been visibly active.
Category Breakdown
Yesterday's mix leaned heavily toward administrative and order-maintenance work. Seven "Other" calls—warrant arrests, found property, and a reported fight—reflected routine custody processing and station walk-ins, while six malicious-mischief reports (trouble-with-a-person, trespass, parking disputes) kept officers mediating low-level conflicts. Three theft incidents and three vehicular stops rounded out a day dominated by paperwork rather than emergency response.
Geography tells the story: downtown's Lettered Streets corridor generated warrant arrests at the Grand Avenue station and a trespass on C Street during the noon hour, while Cornwall Park's Bellis Fair saw two separate burglary arrests by mid-afternoon. Welfare checks appeared on State Street and outside city limits in the evening, and a lone narcotics investigation unfolded on Kellogg Road after midnight. The pattern suggests a day shaped by scheduled enforcement and retail loss-prevention rather than spontaneous street-level disorder.
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Timeline Analysis
The day built steadily from a quiet morning into a concentrated midday peak, then tapered through a calm evening.
Activity started with two incidents shortly after midnight—a domestic dispute in Sunnyland and a drug investigation in Birchwood—then went silent until 4 a.m. The morning remained light until 10 a.m., when a sex-crime investigation at WWU and a warrant arrest on Railroad Avenue signaled the start of the busy window. The lunch hour (noon) brought five incidents—three warrant arrests, a burglary arrest at Bellis Fair, and a trespass on C Street—marking the day's single busiest sixty minutes. The two-hour span from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. accounted for seven calls, nearly a quarter of the day's total. After 4 p.m. the pace slowed sharply, with only scattered reports through the evening and a single traffic stop on Texas Street at 11:17 p.m.
Intel Briefs
Midday Downtown Timing
Yesterday's peak stretched from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with five incidents at noon alone—most tied to warrant arrests and station processing. If you're visiting the Grand Avenue area or downtown corridors, plan for heightened officer presence during the lunch window.
Retail Loss-Prevention Active
Cornwall Park's Bellis Fair logged two separate burglary arrests yesterday afternoon, signaling coordinated retail enforcement. Store managers and security teams should maintain vigilance during mid-afternoon hours, when foot traffic and incident reports both tend to climb.
Evening Stays Quiet
After 4 p.m. yesterday, the city recorded only five incidents across nine hours—a welcome stretch of calm. Residents planning evening walks or late errands can take comfort in the consistent post-dinner lull we've seen this week.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's in the "Other" category?
The "Other" category includes 8 incidents that don't fit into our main categories. Here's the breakdown:
Where does this data come from?
All incident data is sourced directly from the official Bellingham Police Department Daily Activity Log. We aggregate and analyze this public information to provide community insights. Our data is updated daily and reflects only what the department publicly reports.