Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

December 30, 2024 - January 5, 2025|251 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 251 incidents during December 30, 2024 - January 5, 2025. Bellingham averaged 35.9 incidents per day, with Friday being the busiest at 64 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 19% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (27%).

Total Incidents

251

Daily Average

35.9

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Friday

64 incidents

Violent Incidents

12%

of total activity

Friday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 64 incidents, 78% above the weekly average of 35.9.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 47 incidents (19% of total), followed by Meridian at 18%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 46% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown47
2
Meridian44
3
Sehome22
4
Lettered Streets15
5
Cordata14

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious68 (27%)
2
Theft44 (18%)
3
Other39 (16%)
4
Welfare28 (11%)
5
Investigation26 (10%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Cordata2025-01-05 at 18:06

5800 block of PACIFIC RIM WAY, Bellingham, WA

##25B00866
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Samish2025-01-05 at 13:55

3800 block of ELWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B00832
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Cordata2025-01-05 at 02:58

5800 block of PACIFIC RIM WAY, Bellingham, WA

##25B00780
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Downtown2025-01-05 at 23:34

300 block of GRAND AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B00919
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Puget2025-01-04 at 23:33

1800 block of VALENCIA ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B00751

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