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…