Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

April 13-19, 2026|207 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 207 incidents during April 13-19, 2026, a 14% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 29.6 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 43 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 15% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (23%).

Total Incidents

207

-14% vs last week

Daily Average

29.6

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

43 incidents

Violent Incidents

12%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 43 incidents, 45% above the weekly average of 29.6.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 32 incidents (15% of total), followed by Meridian at 13%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 37% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious48 (23%)
2
Other46 (22%)
3
Welfare31 (15%)
4
Investigation28 (14%)
5
Theft23 (11%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

ASSAULT ON AN OFFICERAssault
Columbia2026-04-19 at 17:27

3200 block of NORTHWEST AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B21539
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Sehome2026-04-18 at 20:14

1000 block of OTIS ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B21356
WEAPON VIOLATIONSAssault
Roosevelt2026-04-18 at 19:58

1000 block of E SUNSET DR, Bellingham, WA

##26B21359
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Samish2026-04-18 at 16:29

3900 block of BYRON AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B21319
ROBBERYTheft
Downtown2026-04-18 at 01:02

100 block of E HOLLY ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B21225

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