Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

August 11-17, 2025|376 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 376 incidents during August 11-17, 2025. Bellingham averaged 53.7 incidents per day, with Thursday being the busiest at 66 incidents. Meridian led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 19% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (29%).

Total Incidents

376

-5% vs last week

Daily Average

53.7

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Thursday

66 incidents

Violent Incidents

13%

of total activity

Thursday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 66 incidents, 23% above the weekly average of 53.7.

Meridian was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 73 incidents (19% of total), followed by Downtown at 15%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 42% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Meridian73
2
Downtown58
3
Lettered Streets30
4
Cordata21
5
Happy Valley20

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious109 (29%)
2
Theft69 (18%)
3
Other49 (13%)
4
Welfare47 (13%)
5
Investigation42 (11%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Birchwood2025-08-11 at 19:01

2800 block of W MAPLEWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B47017
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Roosevelt2025-08-11 at 15:02

1500 block of TEXAS ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B46965
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
York2025-08-11 at 14:37

1300 block of BILLY FRANK JR ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B46956
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Downtown2025-08-11 at 17:12

000 block of ZUNKNOWN, Bellingham, WA

##25B46996
SEX CRIME (NO RAPE)Assault
Downtown2025-08-11 at 00:01

000 block of ZUNKNOWN, Bellingham, WA

##25B47750

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