Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

July 14-20, 2025|413 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 413 incidents during July 14-20, 2025, a notable 12% increase from the previous week. Bellingham averaged 59 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 82 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 24% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (27%).

Total Incidents

413

+12% vs last week

Daily Average

59

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

82 incidents

Violent Incidents

15%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 82 incidents, 39% above the weekly average of 59.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 100 incidents (24% of total), followed by Meridian at 15%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 47% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown100
2
Meridian60
3
Barkley33
4
Puget24
5
Happy Valley21

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious113 (27%)
2
Theft76 (18%)
3
Other59 (14%)
4
Investigation51 (12%)
5
Welfare44 (11%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Cornwall Park2025-07-19 at 20:00

800 block of W ORCHARD DR, Bellingham, WA

##25B41910
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Lettered Streets2025-07-17 at 20:47

2400 block of J ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B41568
Sex Crime (Investigation)Assault
Barkley2025-07-17 at 20:30

3400 block of WOBURN ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B41580
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
King Mountain2025-07-16 at 10:30

4200 block of CRESTON WAY, Bellingham, WA

##25B41162
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Sehome2025-07-15 at 00:01

700 block of E MAPLE ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B40835

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