Bellingham Crime Report
This Week in Bellingham
Bellingham police responded to 221 incidents during January 12-18, 2026. Bellingham averaged 31.6 incidents per day, with Wednesday being the busiest at 43 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 18% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (25%).
Total Incidents
221
Daily Average
31.6
incidents per day
Busiest Day
Wednesday
43 incidents
Violent Incidents
12%
of total activity
Wednesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 43 incidents, 36% above the weekly average of 31.6.
Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 40 incidents (18% of total), followed by Meridian at 13%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 40% of weekly activity.
Most Active Neighborhoods
Top Incident Categories
Notable Incidents
Significant events from this week
4000 block of MERIDIAN ST, Bellingham, WA
2100 block of YEW ST, Bellingham, WA
2400 block of ORLEANS ST, Bellingham, WA
3400 block of DONOVAN AVE, Bellingham, WA
100 block of KLINE RD, Bellingham, WA
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