Bellingham Crime Report
This Week in Bellingham
Bellingham police responded to 194 incidents during May 11-17, 2026. Bellingham averaged 27.7 incidents per day, with Thursday being the busiest at 37 incidents. Meridian led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 18% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (26%).
Total Incidents
194
Daily Average
27.7
incidents per day
Busiest Day
Thursday
37 incidents
Violent Incidents
14%
of total activity
Thursday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 37 incidents, 34% above the weekly average of 27.7.
Meridian was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 35 incidents (18% of total), followed by Downtown at 14%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 40% of weekly activity.
Notable Incidents
Significant events from this week
2400 block of DONOVAN AVE, Bellingham, WA
100 block of E MCLEOD RD, Bellingham, WA
200 block of E CHESTNUT ST, Bellingham, WA
2300 block of LISA LN, Bellingham, WA
1300 block of 38TH ST, Bellingham, WA
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