Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

April 13-19, 2026|79 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 79 incidents during April 13-19, 2026, a 67% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 11.3 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 43 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 15% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (23%).

Total Incidents

79

-67% vs last week

Daily Average

11.3

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

43 incidents

Violent Incidents

10%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 43 incidents, 281% above the weekly average of 11.3.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 12 incidents (15% of total), followed by Meridian at 11%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 36% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

1
Downtown12
2
Meridian9
3
York8
4
Lettered Streets8
5
Cornwall Park7

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious18 (23%)
2
Other15 (19%)
3
Welfare13 (16%)
4
Investigation11 (14%)
5
Theft10 (13%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Roosevelt2026-04-14 at 20:52

1500 block of E MARYLAND ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B20520
THREATSMalicious
Samish2026-04-14 at 18:36

100 block of 47TH ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B20503
Sex Crime (Investigation)Assault
Cornwall Park2026-04-14 at 18:16

2900 block of SQUALICUM PKWY, Bellingham, WA

##26B20500
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Barkley2026-04-14 at 17:37

3300 block of RACINE ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B20497
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Downtown2026-04-14 at 07:38

100 block of FLORA ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B20373

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