FBI arson data · 2024
Washington Arson
1,097 arson offenses were reported by 334 Washington law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 3.1% of the national total. The most was reported by Seattle Police Department (153).
Washington agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Police Department | City | King County | 153 |
| Spokane Police Department | City | Spokane County | 127 |
| Tacoma Police Department | City | Pierce County | 109 |
| King County Sheriff's Office | County | King County | 44 |
| Kent Police Department | City | King County | 34 |
| Pierce County Sheriff's Office | County | Pierce County | 34 |
| Vancouver Police Department | City | Clark County | 33 |
| Federal Way Police Department | City | King County | 24 |
| Walla Walla Police Department | City | Walla Walla County | 21 |
| Kitsap County Sheriff's Office | County | Kitsap County | 19 |
| Auburn Police Department | City | King County | 18 |
| Everett Police Department | City | Snohomish County | 18 |
| Burien Police Department | City | King County | 17 |
| Bremerton Police Department | City | Kitsap County | 17 |
| Yakima Police Department | City | Yakima County | 15 |
| Pasco Police Department | City | Franklin County | 14 |
| Spokane County Sheriff's Office | County | Spokane County | 14 |
| Bellevue Police Department | City | King County | 13 |
| Snohomish County Sheriff's Office | County | Snohomish County | 13 |
| Spokane Valley Police Department | City | Spokane County | 13 |
| Puyallup Police Department | City | Pierce County | 12 |
| Lakewood Police Department | City | Pierce County | 12 |
| Redmond Police Department | City | King County | 11 |
| Moses Lake Police Department | City | Grant County | 10 |
| Renton Police Department | City | King County | 10 |
Washington arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Washington arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Washington in 2024?+
1,097 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 334 Washington law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 123 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Washington?+
Seattle Police Department, with 153 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in King County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Washington?+
Washington's 1,097 reported arsons were 3.1% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.