Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

May 5-11, 2025|357 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 357 incidents during May 5-11, 2025, a 11% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 51 incidents per day, with Monday being the busiest at 71 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 22% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (28%).

Total Incidents

357

-11% vs last week

Daily Average

51

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Monday

71 incidents

Violent Incidents

15%

of total activity

Monday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 71 incidents, 39% above the weekly average of 51.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 77 incidents (22% of total), followed by Meridian at 14%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 44% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown77
2
Meridian50
3
Lettered Streets29
4
Happy Valley21
5
Puget20

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious100 (28%)
2
Other58 (16%)
3
Investigation53 (15%)
4
Theft49 (14%)
5
Welfare40 (11%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Happy Valley2025-05-05 at 20:47

900 block of 21ST ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B26021
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Happy Valley2025-05-05 at 20:06

2500 block of DONOVAN AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B26008
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Samish2025-05-05 at 18:40

2000 block of 36TH ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B25989
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Downtown2025-05-05 at 23:29

200 block of CENTRAL AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B26059
Sex Crime (Investigation)Assault
Lettered Streets2025-05-05 at 15:37

800 block of HALLECK ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B25960

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