Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

January 12-18, 2026|221 total incidents

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

+8% vs last week

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

1
Downtown40
2
Meridian29
3
Lettered Streets20
4
Puget15
5
York12

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious55 (25%)
2
Theft38 (17%)
3
Other32 (14%)
4
Investigation30 (14%)
5
Welfare29 (13%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Meridian2026-01-18 at 20:22

4000 block of MERIDIAN ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B03442
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Roosevelt2026-01-18 at 14:04

2100 block of YEW ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B03387
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Roosevelt2026-01-18 at 00:19

2400 block of ORLEANS ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B03310
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Samish2026-01-17 at 22:19

3400 block of DONOVAN AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B03293
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Bellingham (Unclassified)2026-01-17 at 14:08

100 block of KLINE RD, Bellingham, WA

##26B03217

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