Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

May 19-25, 2025|428 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 428 incidents during May 19-25, 2025, a notable 25% increase from the previous week. Bellingham averaged 61.1 incidents per day, with Wednesday being the busiest at 74 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 27% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (34%).

Total Incidents

428

+25% vs last week

Daily Average

61.1

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Wednesday

74 incidents

Violent Incidents

11%

of total activity

Wednesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 74 incidents, 21% above the weekly average of 61.1.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 115 incidents (27% of total), followed by Meridian at 13%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 47% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown115
2
Meridian57
3
Lettered Streets29
4
Roosevelt22
5
Barkley21

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious147 (34%)
2
Theft71 (17%)
3
Other59 (14%)
4
Investigation48 (11%)
5
Welfare45 (11%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

ASSAULT - FelonyAssault
Cornwall Park2025-05-19 at 21:03

2900 block of SQUALICUM PKWY, Bellingham, WA

##25B28896
ASSAULT - FelonyAssault
Cornwall Park2025-05-19 at 22:53

2900 block of SQUALICUM PKWY, Bellingham, WA

##25B28902
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
York2025-05-19 at 19:16

1400 block of FRANKLIN ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B28873
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Cordata2025-05-19 at 18:21

4100 block of CORDATA PKWY, Bellingham, WA

##25B28865
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Sehome2025-05-19 at 17:00

900 block of N FOREST ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B28852

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