Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

January 20-26, 2025|391 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 391 incidents during January 20-26, 2025, a 16% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 55.9 incidents per day, with Wednesday being the busiest at 71 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 22% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (30%).

Total Incidents

391

-16% vs last week

Daily Average

55.9

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Wednesday

71 incidents

Violent Incidents

9%

of total activity

Wednesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 71 incidents, 27% above the weekly average of 55.9.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 85 incidents (22% of total), followed by Meridian at 13%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 44% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown85
2
Meridian49
3
Sehome34
4
Puget30
5
York24

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious119 (30%)
2
Theft64 (16%)
3
Investigation58 (15%)
4
Other44 (11%)
5
Vehicular39 (10%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

WEAPON VIOLATIONSAssault
Puget2025-01-26 at 18:13

800 block of LAKEWAY DR, Bellingham, WA

##25B05314
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Puget2025-01-26 at 08:41

1900 block of FRASER ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B05246
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Happy Valley2025-01-26 at 04:33

900 block of 21ST ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B05235
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Barkley2025-01-26 at 04:20

2400 block of RIMLAND DR, Bellingham, WA

##25B05234
ASSAULT - FelonyAssault
Downtown2025-01-26 at 22:24

000 block of BELLWETHER WAY, Bellingham, WA

##25B05341

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