Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

October 20-26, 2025|413 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 413 incidents during October 20-26, 2025. Bellingham averaged 59 incidents per day, with Friday being the busiest at 72 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 17% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (26%).

Total Incidents

413

+10% vs last week

Daily Average

59

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Friday

72 incidents

Violent Incidents

11%

of total activity

Friday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 72 incidents, 22% above the weekly average of 59.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 71 incidents (17% of total), followed by Meridian at 17%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 41% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown71
2
Meridian69
3
York30
4
Roosevelt25
5
Barkley25

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious108 (26%)
2
Other75 (18%)
3
Investigation60 (15%)
4
Theft53 (13%)
5
Vehicular39 (9%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Barkley2025-10-20 at 19:31

3100 block of RACINE ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B62186
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Meridian2025-10-20 at 18:44

4300 block of TULL RD, Bellingham, WA

##25B62176
Sex Crime (Investigation)Assault
Meridian2025-10-20 at 17:39

000 block of BELLIS FAIR PKWY, Bellingham, WA

##25B62165
STALKINGMalicious
Lettered Streets2025-10-20 at 22:28

500 block of GRAND AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B62209
RAPEAssault
South Hill2025-10-20 at 14:11

500 block of 17TH ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B62339

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