Bellingham, WA | Civic Informer

Bellingham, WA | Civic Informer - 05/15/2026

CIVIC INFORMER

COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE

Daily Reports

◆

Weekly Summary

◆

City Hub

Received this from a friend? Subscribe for free

Good morning, Bellingham!

Friday, May 15, 2026

After Wednesday's unusually quiet 16-incident day, Thursday swung in the opposite direction with 37 incidents and 10 arrests. Four of those incidents were violent, including two felony assaults and a misdemeanor assault that led to an arrest. The evening was especially active: eight of the ten arrests happened between 7 PM and midnight.

Nonviolent

Arrest

Violent

V + Arrest

View Interactive Map →

INCIDENT BREAKDOWN

THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026

Reports

+21 from Wed

Peak Hour

7 PM

7 reports

Nonviolent

89%

-6% from Avg

Other NonCriminal led the day with eight reports, mostly information reports and paperwork like trespass authorization letters. DUI had a notable showing with two arrests, one in Sehome at 2 AM and another in Puget just before midnight. Missing Person reports are up 500% week-over-week (six vs. one), with two juvenile runaway reports Thursday alone, in Barkley and Cordata. Felony assault appeared twice, once on the 4300 block of Meridian St around midday and once downtown on N Commercial St in the evening, where someone was pepper sprayed but declined to provide suspect information.

CATEGORIES

Other Non-criminal	11
Theft	3
Traffic Stops	3
Suspicious Circumstance	3

LOCATIONS

Meridian	8
Downtown	5
Sunnyland	4
York	3

HOT BLOCK

500 Block of Grand Ave

TIMES

Overnight	4
Morning	8
Afternoon	7
Evening	18

PEAK

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

View Full Breakdown →

ARREST BREAKDOWN

59% ABOVE 30-DAY AVERAGE

Total Arrest

+6 from Wed

Repeats

+1 from Wed

7-Day Total

-16% WoW

Ten arrests is well above the 30-day average of 6.3. The most interesting was a 36-year-old picked up for theft on the 4200 block of Meridian St who also had an outstanding felony warrant; it's her fifth arrest in our data going back to February 2025. A 41-year-old cited downtown for driving with a suspended license was also on her fifth lifetime arrest. Seven of the ten people arrested Thursday were first-time arrests in our system.

CATEGORIES

Traffic Stops	3	30
Theft	2	20
Driving Under the Influence	2	20

LOCATIONS

Puget	2	20
Meridian	2	20
Cornwall Park	1	10
Sehome	1	10

Arrest does not imply guilt. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

YOUR INTEL FOR TODAY

PATTERN WATCH

Thursday Incidents More Than Doubled Wednesday

Thursday logged 37 incidents, up 131% from the day before. Nearly half (18 of 37) landed in the evening hours, with the 7:00-8:00 PM window as the peak. Despite the sharp day-over-day jump, the total was right at the 8-week Thursday average of 36.5.

WEEKLY TREND

Missing Person Reports Up Sharply This Week

Missing Person reports have jumped from 1 in the prior 7-day window to 6 in the most recent 7 days, a 500% increase. That's the largest week-over-week swing of any category in the current data.

SAFETY ADVISORY

Violent Incident Count Highest in Two Weeks

Thursday's violent incident count was the highest in a 14-day window, with a z-score of 2.18 above the recent average. Felony assault reports are up 200% week-over-week (3 vs. 1), and misdemeanor assault is also running above the prior week at 8 vs. 6.

Know a neighbor who'd want this? Share Civic Informer

That's all for today's

Civic Informer

Bellingham, WA

See you tomorrow.

Every morning, we transform police data into neighborhood intelligence.

Give Feedback

Support Us

Don't want daily updates?

Unsubscribe

Thursday bounced back hard: 37 incidents, 4 violent