1 Washington city leads the nation in overnight burglaries, another not far behind

Washington is seeing more overnight burglaries than just about anywhere else in the country. Two of the state’s cities landed in the top five nationally, with one taking the No. 1 spot.

Seattle is the most at-risk major city in the country for nighttime home break-ins. At the same time, Spokane had the third-highest overnight residential burglary rate, according to a new report from home security company Vivint.

Seattle has 234.6 break-ins per 100,000 residents, while Spokane reported 182.1 break-ins per 100,000 residents between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. in 2024. The city with the second highest number of break-ins in the U.S. was Cleveland, Ohio, at 196.9 incidents per 100,000 residents…

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