Kitsap County's Crime Numbers Are Falling. A Sheriff's Office Report Says One Trend Isn't.

Burglaries in unincorporated Kitsap County fell 22% last year.

Burglaries dropped from 447 incidents in 2024 to 349 in 2025, a 22% decrease, and a fraction of the 972 burglaries the county logged in 2016, the comparison point the report itself highlights.

None of that is unique to Kitsap; it's the same combination of surveillance saturation and hardened targets showing up in property-crime data across the country.

The 2025 crime report doesn't attach a specific number to how many similar incidents followed; Menge's office describes the juvenile-gun trend as a "general trend" observed over the past five years, rather than a year-over-year statistic.

What a Looser Pursuit Law Means for the Next Kitsap Chase The same report that touts falling vehicle theft also lands in a changed legal environment for how deputies respond when a stolen car, or an armed juvenile fleeing a scene, doesn't stop.

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Burglaries, car thefts and robberies all dropped double digits in Kitsap County's new 2025 crime report. The Sheriff's Office says one number worries them more than any that fell.

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