Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

May 12-18, 2025|342 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 342 incidents during May 12-18, 2025. Bellingham averaged 48.9 incidents per day, with Thursday being the busiest at 57 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 21% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (28%).

Total Incidents

342

-4% vs last week

Daily Average

48.9

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Thursday

57 incidents

Violent Incidents

12%

of total activity

Bellingham police activity peaked on Thursday with 57 incidents reported.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 72 incidents (21% of total), followed by Meridian at 15%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 44% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown72
2
Meridian52
3
Cordata26
4
Puget25
5
Sehome22

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious95 (28%)
2
Theft63 (18%)
3
Other51 (15%)
4
Investigation38 (11%)
5
Vehicular32 (9%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Meridian2025-05-12 at 23:05

200 block of W KELLOGG RD, Bellingham, WA

##25B27462
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Samish2025-05-12 at 19:45

3800 block of ELWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B27435
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Cornwall Park2025-05-12 at 14:00

400 block of W ORCHARD DR, Bellingham, WA

##25B27395
FIGHTAssault
Meridian2025-05-12 at 19:33

100 block of TELEGRAPH RD, Bellingham, WA

##25B27433
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Lettered Streets2025-05-12 at 19:02

500 block of IRVING ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B27428

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