With a crime rate of 38 per one thousand residents, Bellevue 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 26. Within Washington, more than 82% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Bellevue.

Importantly, when you compare Bellevue to other communities of similar population, then Bellevue crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Bellevue 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 Bellevue 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 Bellevue.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Bellevue's violent crime rate is 2 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Bellevue is one in 664.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Bellevue is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Bellevue, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 27, which is a rate of 36 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Bellevue has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Bellevue is one in 316.