Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

December 15-21, 2025|249 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 249 incidents during December 15-21, 2025, a 20% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 35.6 incidents per day, with Monday being the busiest at 47 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 22% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (27%).

Total Incidents

249

-20% vs last week

Daily Average

35.6

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Monday

47 incidents

Violent Incidents

15%

of total activity

Monday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 47 incidents, 32% above the weekly average of 35.6.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 55 incidents (22% of total), followed by Meridian at 14%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 44% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown55
2
Meridian34
3
Barkley20
4
Puget17
5
Lettered Streets17

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious68 (27%)
2
Other49 (20%)
3
Welfare32 (13%)
4
Investigation29 (12%)
5
Theft26 (10%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Sehome2025-12-21 at 15:39

700 block of N FOREST ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B74717
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Meridian2025-12-21 at 05:00

100 block of PRINCE AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B74642
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Bellingham (Unclassified)2025-12-21 at 03:45

100 block of W LAUREL RD, Bellingham, WA

##25B74640
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Roosevelt2025-12-21 at 02:51

2100 block of ALABAMA ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B74637
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Downtown2025-12-21 at 01:42

1100 block of RAILROAD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B74632

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