Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

September 15-21, 2025|368 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 368 incidents during September 15-21, 2025. Bellingham averaged 52.6 incidents per day, with Monday being the busiest at 69 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 17% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (23%).

Total Incidents

368

-7% vs last week

Daily Average

52.6

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Monday

69 incidents

Violent Incidents

10%

of total activity

Monday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 69 incidents, 31% above the weekly average of 52.6.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 62 incidents (17% of total), followed by Meridian at 15%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 40% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown62
2
Meridian56
3
Lettered Streets31
4
Puget27
5
Barkley26

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious84 (23%)
2
Theft68 (18%)
3
Other61 (17%)
4
Investigation50 (14%)
5
Vehicular33 (9%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Silver Beach2025-09-15 at 19:43

2100 block of ELECTRIC AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B54737
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Meridian2025-09-15 at 19:13

4300 block of MERIDIAN ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B54727
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Puget2025-09-15 at 18:10

1900 block of FRASER ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B54717
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Happy Valley2025-09-15 at 04:09

2400 block of DONOVAN AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B54550
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Downtown2025-09-15 at 10:14

300 block of E MAGNOLIA ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B54600

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