Washington has launched a hotline to report hate crimes and bias in three of the state’s biggest counties.

The state's population gained 116,440 residents from 2020 to 7,772,505, according to the Washington State Office of Financial Management. The number of commissioned law enforcement officers ...

This initiative, which began this month, aims to provide an alternative way for residents to report hate crimes or bias ...

Washington’s average of 1.12 officers per 1,000 residents shown in the report is below every other state and Washington D.C., Strachan said, adding the national per capita average is 2.31 per 1,000.

Washington state’s latest crime statistics show a 12.3% increase in violent crime in 2021 over the previous year, and a record number of murders at 325. Hate crimes and other offenses also increased ...

Property crime is a category of non-violent offenses comprising three subcategories: burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft. According to the FBI, a total of 6.9 million property crimes ...