Bellingham Crime Report
This Week in Bellingham
Bellingham police responded to 367 incidents during September 29 - October 5, 2025. Bellingham averaged 52.4 incidents per day, with Wednesday being the busiest at 69 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 17% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (27%).
Total Incidents
367
Daily Average
52.4
incidents per day
Busiest Day
Wednesday
69 incidents
Violent Incidents
11%
of total activity
Wednesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 69 incidents, 32% above the weekly average of 52.4.
Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 64 incidents (17% of total), followed by Meridian at 16%. 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
1000 block of N FOREST ST, Bellingham, WA
1200 block of WHATCOM ST, Bellingham, WA
1200 block of W NORTH ST, Bellingham, WA
1400 block of JAMES ST, Bellingham, WA
900 block of 20TH ST, Bellingham, WA
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