Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

August 18-24, 2025|394 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 394 incidents during August 18-24, 2025. Bellingham averaged 56.3 incidents per day, with Thursday being the busiest at 67 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 16% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (31%).

Total Incidents

394

+5% vs last week

Daily Average

56.3

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Thursday

67 incidents

Violent Incidents

11%

of total activity

Bellingham police activity peaked on Thursday with 67 incidents reported.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 65 incidents (16% of total), followed by Meridian at 14%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 39% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown65
2
Meridian57
3
Lettered Streets34
4
Barkley27
5
Roosevelt24

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious124 (31%)
2
Theft67 (17%)
3
Investigation53 (13%)
4
Other48 (12%)
5
Vehicular33 (8%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

Sex Crime (Investigation)Assault
Meridian2025-08-18 at 18:00

200 block of PRINCE AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B48464
Sex Crime (Investigation)Assault
Lettered Streets2025-08-18 at 18:00

1300 block of F ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B55188
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Birchwood2025-08-18 at 15:50

1400 block of BIRCHWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B48430
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Barkley2025-08-18 at 14:58

3200 block of ORLEANS ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B48419
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Cordata2025-08-18 at 14:45

400 block of W HORTON RD, Bellingham, WA

##25B48414

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