Saturday logged just 17 incidents, about half of what Bellingham typically sees on a given weekend day. Even though the day was substantially quieter than usual, two reckless burning reports came in within 30 minutes of each other: one on Prospect St downtown that led to an arrest, and another on Sunset Dr in Roosevelt where a fire was set under an electrical box.

Theft continues to lead the week-over-week trends, up 57% (22 reports vs. 14 the prior week), with Saturday adding three more between Barkley, Bellis Fair Pkwy, and the 4200 block of Meridian St. On the quieter side, behavioral health reports are down 37% from the prior week, and warrant arrests dropped by more than half. The top category for the day was Other Non-Criminal, comprised of mostly neighborhood disputes and information reports.

Saturday saw just two arrest reports - one was a 39-year-old picked up on a domestic violence-related malicious mischief charge on W Maplewood Ave just after midnight, her first arrest in our data. Later in the day, a 57-year-old was arrested for reckless burning on Prospect St downtown, marking his third arrest since March 2025 in our data.