Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

August 25-31, 2025|416 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 416 incidents during August 25-31, 2025. Bellingham averaged 59.4 incidents per day, with Thursday being the busiest at 81 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 16% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (32%).

Total Incidents

416

+6% vs last week

Daily Average

59.4

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Thursday

81 incidents

Violent Incidents

9%

of total activity

Thursday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 81 incidents, 36% above the weekly average of 59.4.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 67 incidents (16% of total), followed by Meridian at 15%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 39% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious135 (32%)
2
Investigation63 (15%)
3
Other58 (14%)
4
Theft54 (13%)
5
Welfare47 (11%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Birchwood2025-08-31 at 22:43

2800 block of W MAPLEWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B51447
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
King Mountain2025-08-31 at 20:41

1000 block of E MCLEOD RD, Bellingham, WA

##25B51424
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Happy Valley2025-08-31 at 12:05

700 block of 32ND ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B51339
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Sehome2025-08-31 at 10:35

800 block of BILLY FRANK JR ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B51321
RAPEAssault
Roosevelt2025-08-31 at 09:18

1800 block of TEXAS ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B51308

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