Weekly Report

Bellingham Crime Report

May 18-24, 2026|154 total incidents

This Week in Bellingham

Bellingham police responded to 154 incidents during May 18-24, 2026, a 21% decrease from the prior week. Bellingham averaged 22 incidents per day, with Tuesday being the busiest at 41 incidents. Downtown led Bellingham's neighborhoods with 21% of all incidents, while Malicious was the most common incident type (25%).

Total Incidents

154

-21% vs last week

Daily Average

22

incidents per day

Busiest Day

Tuesday

41 incidents

Violent Incidents

14%

of total activity

Tuesday saw a spike in Bellingham police activity with 41 incidents, 86% above the weekly average of 22.

Downtown was Bellingham's most active neighborhood with 32 incidents (21% of total), followed by Lettered Streets at 12%. Together, Bellingham's top three neighborhoods accounted for 41% of weekly activity.

Most Active Neighborhoods

Top Incident Categories

1
Malicious38 (25%)
2
Welfare31 (20%)
3
Other30 (19%)
4
Investigation19 (12%)
5
Theft16 (10%)

Notable Incidents

Significant events from this week

FIGHTAssault
Downtown2026-05-21 at 00:13

1300 block of RAILROAD AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B28175
DOMESTIC DISPUTE (NO ASSAULT)Malicious
Happy Valley2026-05-21 at 22:12

2200 block of DOUGLAS AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B28381
SUICIDE - Attempt/ThreatWelfare
Lettered Streets2026-05-21 at 19:38

500 block of GRAND AVE, Bellingham, WA

##26B28355
ASSAULT - MisdemeanorAssault
York2026-05-21 at 19:09

400 block of YORK ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B28350
ROBBERYTheft
Downtown2026-05-21 at 17:20

200 block of E MAGNOLIA ST, Bellingham, WA

##26B28331

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