Yesterday in Bellingham - 5 Domestic Disputes & a Burglary Arrest
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Good morning, Bellingham!
Monday, May 11, 2026
While Sunday was a quiet day by the numbers, the evening told a different story: five domestic dispute reports landed between 6 PM and 11 PM, spread across South Bellingham, Roosevelt, Alabama Hill, Samish, and Barkley. The evening cluster made domestic disputes (no assault) the second most common category of the day behind Behavioral Health.
Bellingham incident map for 05/10/2026
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INCIDENT BREAKDOWN
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2026
Reports
28
-9 from Sat
Peak Hour
4 PM
4 reports
Nonviolent
89%
-6% from Avg
Behavioral Health led Sunday with six reports, continuing a steady uptick week-over-week. Yesterday's two burglary reports bring the past 7-day total to three reports after zero the week before, and DUI reports are up by five week-over-week (7 vs. 2).
CATEGORIES
Behavioral Health6
Domestic Violence (no assault)5
Other Non-criminal5
Burglary2
LOCATIONS
Downtown6
Meridian3
Puget2
Samish2
HOT BLOCK
1800 Block of Cornwall Ave
 
TIMES
Overnight3
Morning4
Afternoon10
Evening11
PEAK
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 
ARREST BREAKDOWN
24% BELOW 30-DAY AVERAGE
Total Arrest
5
-5 from Sat
Repeats
2
-7 from Sat
7-Day Total
57
+27% WoW
Within yesterday's five arrests was a 47-year-old arrested for burglary on the 800 Block of Lakeway Dr, however further details are unclear. Downtown saw two drug arrests within about three hours of each other: a 21-year-old cited for possession on Railroad Ave at 8:23 AM, and a 36-year-old arrested on Cornwall Ave at 11:47 AM, who has six lifetime arrests in our data going back to July 2025.
CATEGORIES
Drugs & Narcotics240
Assault — Misdemeanor120
Burglary120
LOCATIONS
Downtown240
Barkley120
Puget120
Samish120
Arrest does not imply guilt. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
 
YOUR INTEL FOR TODAY
WEEKLY TREND
DUI Reports Rising
DUI incidents jumped from 2 in the prior seven-day period to 7 this past week.
PATTERN WATCH
Above Average Violent Incidents For Three Days
Reports flagged as violent have run above the recent daily average for three consecutive days.
PATTERN WATCH
Below Average Incidents
Sunday's 28 incidents again came in about 18% below the eight-week Sunday average of 34.3.
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