Mattawa has an overall crime rate of 11 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Mattawa is 1 in 90. How does Mattawa fare compared to other communities in Washington of all population sizes? Mattawa's crime rate is lower than approximately 65% of Washington communities.

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

For Mattawa, 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 Mattawa than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3695, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Mattawa's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Mattawa a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Mattawa is one in 92.

Importantly, we found that Mattawa 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 Mattawa is one in 148.