Enumclaw crime reports continue to dip
Published 11:40 am Friday, April 24, 2026
Correction: A previous version of the article mentioned two juvenile arrests during an anti-ICE high school walkout in relation to juvenile arrest stats last year. Those arrests were made in 2026, not 2025.
Crime reports continue to drop in Enumclaw.
According to the Enumclaw Police Department’s annual crime stats, reports of crimes listed in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) – from rape and assault to simple thefts and drug offenses – in 2025 dropped 4% over 2024 from 440 to 401.
This moderate dip comes after crime reports fell 20% in 2024 over 2023.
NIBRs are the FBI’s standard for crime reporting.
It should be noted that these are crime reports, and do not necessarily reflect the number of arrests and prosecutions regarding the alleged crimes.
When it comes to the more violent crimes, numbers mostly remained the same: rape reports increased from two to three; robbery reports from zero to one; domestic violence aggravated assault reports remained at three.
Simple assault reports, however, were cut in half, from 39 in 2024 to 17 last year.
But at the same time, domestic violence simple assault reports increased from 22 to 30.
Finally, intimidation reports dropped from nine — an unusually-high number for the Enumclaw area in many years — to one.
Both residential and commercial burglary reports dropped slightly: the former, from four to two; the latter, nine to eight.
Theft reports increased slightly, from 134 in 2024 to 140 last year.
There was an increase in shoplifting reports, from 28 to 47, but a decrease in theft from motor vehicles, from 32 to 25.
Motor vehicle theft reports also took a dip, from 28 to 17.
The number of property damage or vandalism reports dropped from 104 to 73.
Drug violations increased from 13 to 21.
The total number of “other offenses,” which includes reported DUIs, parking complaints, domestic distputes, and more, decreased from around 6,300 to 5,700.
The vast majority of the drop was a decrease in unspecified “all other offenses.”
Juvenile problem reports increased from 104 to 174; school resource officer-involved offenses were halved, from 102 to 58; and vehicle prowl reports dipped from 50 to 30.
Juvenile felony filings decreased from 16 to 7.
EPD bookings into the jail stayed mostly even, from 295 to 306, but bookings from other agencies took a dive, from 410 to 261. This was due to the jail being closed for several months while being remodeled.
This also resulted in a drop in jail revenue, from nearly $472,000 to $317,000.
Finally, the department received thousands fewer 911 calls, decreasing from more than 7,000 to just about 3,600; the drop is likely due to the Enumclaw City Council passing an ordinance last year that made non-valid 911 calls a misdemeanor and could result in a $1,000 fine and/or jail time.
The city can also impose a $500 civil penalty.
