Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

December 22-28, 2025|174 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 174 incidents during December 22-28, 2025, a 30% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 24.9 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 40 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 22% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (29%).

Total Incidents

174

-30% vs last week

Daily Average

24.9

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

40 incidents

Violent Incidents

18%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 40 incidents, 61% above the weekly average of 24.9.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 39 incidents (22% of total), followed by Meridian at 18%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 47% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious51 (29%)
2
Other30 (17%)
3
Welfare25 (14%)
4
Investigation21 (12%)
5
Theft21 (12%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
Birchwood2025-12-22 at 20:03

2800 block of COTTONWOOD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B74957
FIGHTAssault
Roosevelt2025-12-22 at 15:59

2200 block of VALENCIA ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B74910
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Sehome2025-12-22 at 04:11

700 block of N FOREST ST, Bellingham, WA

##25B74787
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Cordata2025-12-22 at 03:00

900 block of MAHOGANY AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B74784
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Cordata2025-12-22 at 00:22

900 block of MAHOGANY AVE, Bellingham, WA

##25B74777

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