By: Mike Fong and Laura Solis, Lower Valley Matters
A review of offenses tracked by the Granger Police Department (GPD) from 2023 to 2026 year to date (January to mid-September) found that most key crimes have been on the decline but have started to tick back up this year. Lower Valley Matters looked at data from eight criminal offenses over the last four years and found the following trend lines for each:
The line graph above reflects a relatively consistent crime trend for Granger since 2023, with many key offenses trending down overall: sexual offenses down by 80%; theft down by 66%; assault down by 38%; domestic violence (DV) down by 33%; and harassment down by 27%. But in many cases, those numbers are starting to rebound upward with still three months left in 2026.
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) incidents fell from 28 to 3 from 2023 to 2024, but have climbed back up to 13 this year. Assaults had declined from 13 to 8 between 2023 to 2025, but are back up to 12 in 2026. DV cases have returned to 2023 levels.
Two positives worth noting are: 1) shots fired in Granger are dramatically down by a whopping 72% (38 incidents reported in 2023 to 11 so far this year); and 2) homicides are rare in the City, holding level at 1 per year, but none thus far in 2026.
Overall, crime in Washington State and nationally has been declining across almost all major violent and property crime categories. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, between 2024 to 2025, the country saw the single largest year-to-year decline in violent crime since the agency started tracking national statistics in 1936.
To be clear, crime data is not a complete picture of public safety; crimes often go unreported and crime data alone can’t measure whether the community feels safe. But what is driving the data trends may be worth a closer look by City Hall and Granger PD.
Total Incidents of Key Offenses from 2023 to 2026 YTD (Note: Theft includes: property and vehicles. 2026 data is from 1/1 to 9/17.)
