Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

January 5-11, 2026|86 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 86 incidents during January 5-11, 2026, a 51% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 12.3 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 37 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 22% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (26%).

Total Incidents

86

-51% vs last week

Daily Average

12.3

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

37 incidents

Violent Incidents

13%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 37 incidents, 201% above the weekly average of 12.3.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 19 incidents (22% of total), followed by Meridian at 13%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 48% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown19
2
Meridian11
3
Lettered Streets11
4
Cornwall Park8
5
Barkley5

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious22 (26%)
2
Investigation15 (17%)
3
Other13 (15%)
4
Theft13 (15%)
5
Welfare9 (10%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
York2026-01-05 at 22:19

1500 block of N STATE ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B00910
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Happy Valley2026-01-05 at 11:48

2200 block of DOUGLAS AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B00793
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Barkley2026-01-05 at 06:57

3900 block of KEYSTONE WAY, Bellingham, WA

##26B00734
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Puget2026-01-06 at 21:38

1000 block of POTTER ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B01109
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Downtown2026-01-06 at 12:15

200 block of LOTTIE ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B01021

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