According to a new study using national crime data, WA state ranks near the bottom when it comes to your property being safe from a break-in.

US rate is 58 percent lower than WA

SLine Contractors is a national construction company and builder, and obviously, construction companies have a vested interest in crime rates. Why? Because not all break-ins are in finished homes or businesses. Burglaries regularly happen at construction sites and in partially-completed structures.

Using FBI crime data from the FBI Explorer tool over the last 12 months, the study showed WA state ranks 5th worst in the nation in burglaries per every 100,000 population. Our rate is 17.89 break-ins for every 100K.

The only states worse than WA are (from 4 through 1) Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico

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