The crime rate in Mercer Island is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 12 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Mercer Island is 1 in 81. Based on FBI crime data, Mercer Island is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Washington, Mercer Island has a crime rate that is higher than 47% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes. However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Mercer Island has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Mercer Island is actually safer than most according to 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data. The crime data that 蘑菇视频 used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 18,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined. Now let us turn to take a look at how Mercer Island does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Mercer Island. For Mercer Island, 蘑菇视频 found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Mercer Island than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1455, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants. 蘑菇视频's analysis also reveals that Mercer Island's rate for property crime is 12 per one thousand population. This makes Mercer Island a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Mercer Island is one in 86.