Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

February 16-22, 2026|181 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 181 incidents during February 16-22, 2026, a 20% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 25.9 incidents per day, with Thursday being the busiest at 33 incidents. Meridian led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 20% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (19%).

Total Incidents

181

-20% vs last week

Daily Average

25.9

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Thursday

33 incidents

Violent Incidents

9%

of total activity

Thursday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 33 incidents, 27% above the weekly average of 25.9.

Meridian was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 37 incidents (20% of total), followed by Downtown at 12%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 40% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Meridian37
2
Downtown21
3
Lettered Streets14
4
Puget13
5
Cornwall Park12

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious34 (19%)
2
Vehicular31 (17%)
3
Theft29 (16%)
4
Other28 (15%)
5
Welfare25 (14%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Birchwood2026-02-22 at 22:38

2900 block of W MAPLEWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B10256
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Downtown2026-02-22 at 20:33

1500 block of CORNWALL AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B10244
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Birchwood2026-02-22 at 18:19

2800 block of COTTONWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B10226
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Downtown2026-02-22 at 17:47

100 block of CENTRAL AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B10224
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Roosevelt2026-02-22 at 16:52

1600 block of TEXAS ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B10216

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