With a crime rate of 34 per one thousand residents, Anacortes has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 30. Within Washington, more than 79% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Anacortes.

Importantly, when you compare Anacortes to other communities of similar population, then Anacortes crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Anacortes does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Anacortes does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Anacortes.

For Anacortes, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Anacortes than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1125, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Anacortes is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Anacortes, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 30, which is a rate of 33 per one thousand population.