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Yakima Crime Statistics

Year	Population	Violent Crime	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crime	Burglary	Theft	Car Theft	Arson
2005	81,986	452	10	62	149	231	7,532	1,451	5,021	1,060	77


Local Yakima Crime News Local officers honored with Footprint awards (Yakima Herald-Republic) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:17:28 GMT YAKIMA, Wash. -- Four local law enforcement officers were recently honored as personnel of the year by the Yakima chapter of the International Footprint Association. Read More >> Class 3A and 2A state basketball tournaments wrap up (Everett Herald) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:57:18 GMT Another entertaining, memorable high school basketball season is officially over. The Class 3A and 2A state hoops championships wrapped up on Saturday in Tacoma and Yakima, respectively. Local teams walked away with some impressive hardware. Read More >> Yakima Police Chief heading to Washington, DC (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:20:13 GMT Yakima Police Chief Sam Granato is heading to Washington, D.C. to stump for funding for local early education and gang prevention programs. Read More >> PREP BOYS' BASKETBALL: Mountaineers win fifth-place trophy (The Bellingham Herald) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:10:02 GMT YAKIMA - Coach Rob Gray is certain Mount Baker fans will be talking about this year's boys' Read More >> Notebook: Respect for Foe Tempers Hounds’ Joy (Yakima Herald-Republic) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:57:58 GMT YAKIMA, Wash. — There by the grace of a fortuitous late run go us. That was the respectful undercurrent accompanying Grandview’s jubilation at beating Wapato in Friday’s loser-out round in the Class 2A state tournament. Dating back for decades and including a split of two hotly contested CWAC meetings this season, the Wapato-Grandview rivalry always produces an [...] Read More >> PREP BOYS' BASKETBALL: Storm to meet Tigers in 2A title game (The Bellingham Herald) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:14:03 GMT YAKIMA - Any grade-schooler will tell you - five is better than one. Five cookies. Five dollars. Read More >> Former Franklin basketball standout charged with murder (seattlepi.com) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:20:31 GMT A former Franklin basketball standout has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held in the Yakima County Jail on $2 million bail. Read More >> Today's headlines: Testimony about 'victims,' not 'victim,' sends Yakima rape case into mistrial (The Oregonian) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55:34 GMT One word undoes case against rape/abduction defendant; many words fail to sway scantily-clad baristas, who tell lawmaker to bug off. Read More >> Alleged driver in fatal Yakima shooting booked into jail (Yakima Herald-Republic) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:32:33 GMT YAKIMA, Wash. — A 22-year-old man was booked at the Yakima County jail Wednesday night on suspicion of first-degree murder in the gang-related shooting of a Yakima man last weekend. Read More >> Yakima police make arrest in weekend shooting (Yakima Herald-Republic) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:32:18 GMT YAKIMA, Wash. — Three days after a man was fatally shot while riding in his nephew’s car, authorities have arrested the person they believe pulled the trigger. Read More >>

Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City	Total Law Enforcement	Total Officers	Total Civilians
Aberdeen	49	36	13
Airway Heights	12	11	1
Algona	8	6	2
Anacortes	32	24	8
Arlington	29	25	4
Asotin	3	3	0
Auburn	115	85	30
Bainbridge Island	28	22	6
Battle Ground	22	20	2
Bellevue	259	172	87
Bellingham	156	104	52
Black Diamond	11	11	0
Blaine	15	13	2
Bonney Lake	29	24	5
Bothell	78	53	25
Bremerton	75	62	13
Brewster	7	5	2
Brier	9	7	2
Buckley	8	8	0
Burien	32	31	1
Burlington	27	21	6
Camas	27	22	5
Castle Rock	6	5	1
Centralia	36	29	7
Chehalis	21	17	4
Cheney	18	13	5
Chewelah	6	5	1
Clarkston	14	13	1
Cle Elum	8	6	2
Clyde Hill	8	7	1
Colfax	6	6	0
College Place	15	13	2
Colton	1	1	0
Colville	13	11	2
Connell	6	6	0
Cosmopolis	6	5	1
Coulee City	1	1	0
Coulee Dam	8	8	0
Coupeville	5	5	0
Covington	10	10	0
Des Moines	50	39	11
Dupont	9	8	1
Duvall	14	13	1
East Wenatchee	18	15	3
Eatonville	7	6	1
Edgewood	8	8	0
Edmonds	70	53	17
Ellensburg	31	23	8
Elma	8	7	1
Enumclaw	29	22	7
Ephrata	16	13	3
Everett	211	172	39
Everson	5	5	0
Federal Way	146	111	35
Ferndale	18	15	3
Fife	43	23	20
Fircrest	10	9	1
Forks	15	8	7
Garfield	1	1	0
Gig Harbor	17	14	3
Goldendale	11	10	1
Grand Coulee	7	7	0
Grandview	24	18	6
Granger	12	9	3
Granite Falls	6	5	1
Hoquiam	20	18	2
Issaquah	54	28	26
Kalama	4	4	0
Kelso	31	27	4
Kenmore	11	11	0
Kennewick	105	87	18
Kent	169	116	53
Kettle Falls	6	5	1
Kirkland	100	63	37
Kittitas	2	2	0
La Center	8	7	1
Lacey	60	46	14
Lake Forest Park	26	22	4
Lake Stevens	12	10	2
Lakewood	117	97	20
Langley	3	3	0
Liberty Lake	7	7	0
Long Beach	7	6	1
Longview	64	52	12
Lynden	18	14	4
Lynnwood	95	67	28
Mabton	4	3	1
Maple Valley	10	10	0
Marysville	61	41	20
Mattawa	2	2	0
McCleary	3	3	0
Medical Lake	7	6	1
Medina	11	9	2
Mercer Island	33	28	5
Mill Creek	22	17	5
Milton	11	9	2
Monroe	43	31	12
Montesano	10	8	2
Morton	3	2	1
Moses Lake	34	27	7
Mount Vernon	57	45	12
Mountlake Terrace	40	31	9
Moxee	2	2	0
Mukilteo	25	23	2
Napavine	3	2	1
Newcastle	7	7	0
Newport	4	3	1
Normandy Park	13	12	1
North Bend	5	5	0
North Bonneville	1	1	0
Oak Harbor	40	27	13
Oakesdale	1	1	0
Oakville	1	1	0
Ocean Shores	15	13	2
Odessa	2	2	0
Olympia	96	68	28
Omak	14	11	3
Oroville	6	5	1
Orting	8	8	0
Othello	21	15	6
Pacific	12	10	2
Palouse	2	2	0
Pasco	67	56	11
Pe Ell	1	1	0
Port Angeles	55	29	26
Port Orchard	21	19	2
Port Townsend	17	14	3
Poulsbo	20	17	3
Prosser	17	9	8
Pullman	39	27	12
Puyallup	72	51	21
Quincy	13	11	2
Raymond	6	5	1
Reardan	2	2	0
Redmond	103	71	32
Renton	128	88	40
Republic	3	3	0
Richland	62	53	9
Ridgefield	8	7	1
Ritzville	4	4	0
Rosalia	1	1	0
Roy	3	3	0
Royal City	3	3	0
Ruston	2	2	0
Sammamish	21	20	1
SeaTac	36	33	3
Seattle	1,762	1,281	481
Sedro Woolley	19	14	5
Selah	14	13	1
Sequim	18	15	3
Shelton	33	18	15
Shoreline	44	42	2
Snohomish	22	18	4
Snoqualmie	15	13	2
Soap Lake	4	4	0
South Bend	4	3	1
Spokane	386	281	105
Spokane Valley	101	100	1
Springdale	1	1	0
Stanwood	13	11	2
Steilacoom	13	12	1
Sultan	10	9	1
Sumas	6	6	0
Sumner	33	19	14
Sunnyside	41	23	18
Tacoma	408	372	36
Tenino	4	4	0
Tieton	3	2	1
Toledo	1	1	0
Tonasket	5	4	1
Toppenish	24	17	7
Tukwila	81	67	14
Tumwater	30	25	5
Union Gap	21	16	5
University Place	29	25	4
Vader	1	1	0
Vancouver	226	195	31
Walla Walla	71	44	27
Wapato	20	12	8
Warden	5	4	1
Washougal	19	17	2
Wenatchee	51	40	11
West Richland	17	14	3
Westport	8	7	1
White Salmon	8	8	0
Wilbur	2	2	0
Winlock	2	2	0
Winthrop	1	1	0
Woodinville	8	8	0
Woodland	10	8	2
Yakima	166	120	46
Yelm	13	11	2
Zillah	8	7	1


Active Amber Alerts There are no active Amber Alerts for Washington


Missing Persons for Yakima, WA Endangered Runaway: ANGEL WILSON (WA) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:57:21 EST Missing: CHRISTINA WHITE (WA) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:33:14 EST Endangered Runaway: KAT BLACK (WA) Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:28:50 EST Endangered Runaway: CRYSTAL HENINGTON (WA) Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:16:45 EST Endangered Runaway: BRITTANY ADAMS (WA) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:11:40 EST Family Abduction: EDWIN TORRES-GAITAN (WA) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:59:38 EST Endangered Runaway: BRADY AMAN (WA) Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:45:59 EST Endangered Runaway: YANET FLORES (WA) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:01:30 EST Endangered Runaway: ARI NAKAPAAHU-JULIANO (WA) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:05:59 EST Endangered Runaway: NICOLE FLORES (WA) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:37:57 EST Endangered Missing: EDWARD RAMIREZ (WA) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:20:24 EST Endangered Missing: MAYRA RAMIREZ (WA) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:20:24 EST Endangered Missing: EXELL RAMIREZ (WA) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:20:24 EST Endangered Runaway: DANIELA ROSAS (WA) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:45:05 EST Endangered Runaway: TAYVAUNNA MILAM (WA) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:14:59 EST Family Abduction: ANAND BANDI (WA) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:32:18 EST Endangered Missing: AVERY BLAKELEY (WA) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:44:44 EDT Endangered Runaway: SOPHIA FILIPCIC (WA) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:30:23 EDT Endangered Runaway: NICOLE KELLY (WA) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:01:30 EDT NonFamily Abduction: PATRICIA LEBLANC (WA) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:29:55 EDT