Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

November 17-23, 2025|422 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 422 incidents during November 17-23, 2025, a notable 26% increase from the previous week. Bellingham averaged 60.3 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 85 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 27% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (32%).

Total Incidents

422

+26% vs last week

Daily Average

60.3

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

85 incidents

Violent Incidents

10%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 85 incidents, 41% above the weekly average of 60.3.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 113 incidents (27% of total), followed by Meridian at 17%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 52% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown113
2
Meridian70
3
Lettered Streets35
4
Puget23
5
Sehome20

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious134 (32%)
2
Other80 (19%)
3
Theft59 (14%)
4
Investigation45 (11%)
5
Welfare40 (9%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Birchwood2025-11-17 at 21:17

1300 block of BIRCHWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B67933
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Roosevelt2025-11-17 at 21:02

1100 block of E ILLINOIS ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B67928
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
York2025-11-17 at 10:43

1300 block of ELLIS ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B67794
FIGHTAssault
Lettered Streets2025-11-17 at 12:00

2000 block of CORNWALL AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B68005
WEAPON VIOLATIONSAssault
Barkley2025-11-17 at 03:32

1200 block of E SUNSET DR, Bellingham, WA

##25B67744

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