The crime rate in Mountlake Terrace is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 30 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Mountlake Terrace is 1 in 33. Based on FBI crime data, Mountlake Terrace is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Washington, Mountlake Terrace has a crime rate that is higher than 74% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

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

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Mountlake Terrace'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 Mountlake Terrace is one in 634.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Mountlake Terrace is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Mountlake Terrace, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 35, which is a rate of 28 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Mountlake Terrace 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 Mountlake Terrace is one in 203.