Tacoma, WA

Crime in Tacoma

Tacoma continues to experience a range of property and person-related crime, with theft and other property offenses among the most frequently reported crimes in 2026. Burglary, vandalism, motor-vehicle theft, and assault also remain recurring concerns, with crime patterns varying significantly by neighborhood and type of property. Current Tacoma Police Department data highlights the importance of proactive security measures for businesses, commercial properties, residential communities, and other locations where protecting people and property is a priority.

What we cover in Tacoma

In Tacoma our officers work construction sites, warehouse campuses, vacant buildings and special events. Three of those four have something in common: nobody is there. A property between tenants, a yard after the crews go home, a campus on a Sunday — there's no one to notice a cut fence line or a door that didn't latch. That's a different job from a lobby post and it's staffed differently: perimeter and access discipline, documented patrol on varied patterns, and an officer who knows what a site is supposed to look like when it's empty.

Events are the opposite problem — a crowd, a schedule, and a presence that has to hold without intruding on the occasion.

Getting an officer to your Tacoma site

Our Tacoma posts are staffed by officers who live in Tacoma. Officers deploy from where they live, which is what makes same-day and short-notice coverage realistic rather than aspirational. It matters most on the days that test a schedule: weather, an I-5 or 705 closure, a 2am call-out. An officer who lives in the city covers that shift. Our office is in Des Moines. Our Tacoma coverage is not.