File an Online Police Report

If your incident is an emergency or in-progress, call 911.  If non-emergency, call 425-577-5656.

No. If a crime took place outside of the City of Kirkland, please call the police department for that city.

If an incident occurred on a state freeway, please call Washington State Patrol (WSP) at 425-401-7788. WSP has jurisdiction over the freeways.

A known suspect is when you know the person(s) responsible for the crime, where the person(s) responsible are located, or the license plate of an associated vehicle.

At the end of the filing process, you will be given a chance to print a copy of what you submitted.  Once a police supervisor has approved your report, a copy of it will be emailed to you automatically.  Your police case number will be on that approved report.  You can also request a copy of your police report through our Records Unit.

You will be able to file online supplemental reports. You will need your official police case number (which is listed on your approved report).

The two numbers are not interchangeable. When you initially submit your report, you will receive a temporary confirmation number, which will start with the letter T and be followed by a series of numbers (e.g., T21000181). After a police supervisor approves your report, you will receive your permanent case number, which will start with the year, a hyphen, then a series of numbers (e.g., 2021-80000236). The permanent case number, starting with the year, is your official police case report number. It is the one you should provide to your insurance company if needed.

This is when someone "maliciously and intentionally commits [an act] because of his or her perception of the victim's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, or sensory handicap" (RCW 9A.36.080).

No. At this time, we ask that you please report abandoned vehicles via our non-emergency phone line at 425-577-5656.

The following fields are mandatory categories (indicated by a red asterisk):

• First Name, Last Name, and Date of Birth:  These are needed to create an individual person’s record in our record management system (RMS).
• Email:  This is necessary so that reviewing personnel can communicate case status and make requests for additional information to the customer. Automatic replies are sent to customers via email, when case status changes.

The following fields are also mandatory, but there is an option to choose "unknown":

• Ethnicity:  This information is collected and utilized for reporting to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) as part of their bias-based policing survey. "Unknown" is an acceptable entry and can be chosen if you do not wish to provide the information.
• Resident Status, Race, and Sex:  This information is required for reporting to the FBI as part of the National Incident Based Reporting System. "Unknown" is an acceptable entry and can be chosen if you do not wish to provide the information.

The following fields are optional (they will not have a red asterisk):

• Preferred Phone Number
• Home Address
• Driver’s License Number and State
• Height, Weight, Eye Color, and Hair Color

We've compiled seven quick tips for writing a good narrative for your online report, followed by an example of a narrative for a theft case.

1. Write in first person (using "I" and "me" pronouns).  This is your account of events.
2. Write your report as soon as possible.  The longer you wait, the more details will be forgotten. If you have more information later, you can always submit a supplemental report to your initial one.
3. Organize your thoughts.  Putting events in chronological order paints a clearer picture of the incident.
4. Be detailed and thorough.  Dates, times, descriptions, and observations are important. However, remember that you have a 2000-character limit for Online Reporting narratives. We encourage you to be concise and to-the-point, but if this character limit is not enough to provide an account of a situation, you can certainly attach a document with further information (a document scanned as a photo or a PDF file work well).
5. Proofread your narrative.  It might help to write out your narrative in a word processing program, then copy and paste to the Online Reporting service (but do keep in mind that each page times out after 30 minutes!). Double-check your facts, run spellcheck, and consider asking a family member or friend to read through your narrative for clarity and typos.
6. Attach pictures or supplemental documentation to your online report.  If you have pictures related to your case, whether they be of stolen property, graffiti on your fence, or a smashed window on your car, you have the opportunity to upload these in the Online Reporting system. If you have a list of stolen property from a previously reported burglary or have been keeping a spreadsheet of nighttime activity at a suspected drug house, you can upload such documents as well (if you can save them as PDFs, those usually work best in our report system).
7. Stay honest.  Remember that filing a false police report is a crime! If you're not sure about something but think it's important to tell us, write in your narrative that you're not sure about that point.

This is a sample report narrative for a theft case: 

On 01/05/2021 at about 7:15am, I was leaving my house to go to work when I noticed that my garden gnome was missing from the front yard. It stands in my front yard, to the right (north) of the steps up to my front door. I last saw the gnome the previous night (01/04/2017) at about 8 or 8:30pm, so it must have been taken sometime overnight. The gnome is about 1.5 feet tall and is made out of heavy plaster. It looks like Doc from the movie of Snow White and is carrying a little lantern that is solar-powered and lights up at night. I attached a picture of the gnome to this report. I didn't hear or see anything suspicious during the night. I didn't give anyone permission to take the gnome. I don't know who would have taken the gnome.