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Tacoma Crime Statistics

Year Population Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Crime Burglary Theft Car Theft Arson
2006 N/A 996 12 66 335 583 8,292 1,775 4,912 1,605 58
2005 198,748 2,014 13 120 690 1,191 16,802 3,255 9,989 3,558 101
 

Local Tacoma Crime News

Ex-Army ranger robs bank; jailed for 20 years (New Kerala)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:08:40 GMT
Washington, Mar 10 : Former Army ranger turned bank robber, Luke Elliott Sommer, 23, formerly of Peachland, British Columbia, Canada, was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to an additional 20 years in prison and a $25,000 fine for assault with a deadly weapon and solicitation of a crime of violence.

B.C. man gets 20 years for stabbing, murder plan (CTV.ca)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:13:39 GMT
A Canadian-born former U.S. Army Ranger imprisoned for leading a heavily armed bank heist in Tacoma, Wash., four years ago has had 20 years added to his existing sentence for stabbing a former crony and trying to have a prosecutor murdered.

Boys Player of the Year: Cole Dickerson, Federal Way (Tacoma News Tribune)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:38:49 GMT
When Cole Dickerson walked off the Tacoma Dome court after playing his last basketball game as a high school senior Saturday, he left with a shelf full of accolades.

Right-to-die film puts former Gov. Booth Gardner in Oscar spotlight (Everett Herald)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:59:06 GMT
TACOMA — Booth Gardner says he no longer dwells on death. He's got a lot going on in his life. But he's adamant that terminally ill people in Washington state should be able to choose how and when they die.

20 years added to sentence of ex-Army Ranger (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:32:40 GMT
A former Army Ranger originally sentenced to 24 years for leading a 2006 military-style bank robbery in Washington state has been given another 20 years for assault and trying to hire a hit man to kill a federal prosecutor.

Western Washington University student attacked (KING5 Seattle)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:30:08 GMT
A Western Washington University Tacoma student was groped and attacked Saturday morning. She was visiting a friend on the Bellingham campus. Police are urging students to be on the lookout.

Western Washington University student attacked (NorthWest Cable News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:27:56 GMT
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -  A Western Washington University-Tacoma student is recovering after being attacked Saturday morning. Police say the woman was visiting a friend on Western's Bellingham campus. She reported that a man emerged from a wooded area while she walked into a campus parking lot about 1'30 a.m. She says the man groped her and punched her in the face as she cried for help. The man ran ...

UW student attacked while visiting WWU campus (KING5 Seattle)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:22:28 GMT
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -  A University of Washington-Tacoma student is recovering after being attacked Saturday morning. Police say the woman was visiting a friend on Western's Bellingham campus. She reported that a man emerged from a wooded area while she walked into a campus parking lot about 1'30 a.m. She says the man groped her and punched her in the face as she cried for help. The man ran away ...

State Basketball | Bremerton Plays David Against Goliath; Kingston Girls Draw Prosser (The Kitsap Sun)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:44:00 GMT
Bremerton High boys basketball coach Casey Lindberg received a text message on his cell phone before he walked into Washington Interscholastic Activities Association offices in Renton on Sunday for the Class 3A state tournament draw.An anxious Terrick McGhee, a senior point guard, wanted to know who the Knights were playing on Wednesday at the Tacoma Dome.Lindberg relayed the news later. “Hey ...

Bremerton Boys Draw No. 1 Rainier Beach in State 3A Basketball Tourney (The Kitsap Sun)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:49:00 GMT
Bremerton will make its first appearance in the boys state basketball tournament in 11 years, and they won’t have any trouble getting motivated.The Olympic League champion Knights (16-7) will play No. 1-ranked Rainier Beach (22-3), the juggernaut from Seattle, at noon on Wednesday at the Tacoma Dome.The draw for the Class 3A and Class 2A state tournaments were held Sunday at Washington ...

 

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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
Tacoma, 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