CurrentCrimeMap

Data through July 2026, Seattle Police Department

Crime in Seattle, WA

The violent crime rate in Seattle is 690 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, 58% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −4% compared with the previous 12 months.

The Space Needle at Seattle Center at dusk.
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The numbers

12 months to Jul 2026

Violent crime

690 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,459 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−4% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

4,368 per 100,000 residents, per year

34,570 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−8% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

5,057 per 100,000 residents, per year

40,029 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 791,503, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Seattle sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

690

Seattle has the 56th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 246 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Seattle; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Buffalo, NY71551
Aurora, CO71152
Chattanooga, TN70553
Greensboro, NC70254
Columbia, SC69955
Seattle, WA69056
Portland, OR68857
Phoenix, AZ67858
Oklahoma City, OK67259
Sacramento, CA66860
Des Moines, IA66161

The places closest to Seattle in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Crime by neighborhood

50 neighborhoods, 12 months to Sep 2026
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SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, last 12 months. Click an area for details.

Lowest violent crime rates

  1. Madison Park169−88% vs. city
  2. Phinney Ridge242−83% vs. city
  3. Morgan313−78% vs. city
  4. Ballard North394−72% vs. city
  5. Fauntleroy396−72% vs. city

Highest violent crime rates

  1. Pioneer Square13,436+863% vs. city
  2. Chinatown/International District8,369+500% vs. city
  3. Downtown Commercial7,413+431% vs. city; far more people work here than live here
  4. Rainier Beach4,140+197% vs. city
  5. Belltown3,156+126% vs. city; far more people work here than live here
All 50 neighborhoods, ranked by violent crime rate

RankNeighborhoodViolent per 100kProperty per 100kResidentsvs. city
1Pioneer Square13,43621,1692,858+863%
2Chinatown/International District8,36915,7325,365+500%
3Downtown Commercial7,41317,3599,200+431%
4Rainier Beach4,1406,2195,483+197%
5Belltown3,1569,27412,831+126%
6Capitol Hill2,9748,49132,988+113%
7First Hill2,9567,76519,961+112%
8Judkins Park/North Beacon Hill2,5388,1515,398+82%
9Mount Baker2,1567,7129,090+55%
10South Lake Union/Cascade2,1427,77627,031+54%
11NewHolly1,8872,8125,405+35%
12Hillman City1,8103,1064,089+30%
13Claremont/Rainier Vista1,7762,9486,139+27%
14North Beacon Hill1,7545,49613,682+26%
15High Point1,6452,7798,997+18%
16South Park1,4943,8604,016+7%
17Bitter Lake1,4593,12020,289+5%
18Brighton/Dunlap1,4142,73212,590+1%
19Central Area/Squire Park1,3594,43521,420−3%
20Northgate1,3404,25438,806−4%
21Ballard South1,3306,71327,512−5%
22Lake City1,2602,83627,469−10%
23South Beacon Hill1,1591,9325,693−17%
24Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights1,1386,33413,624−18%
25Columbia City1,1174,4676,000−20%
26University District1,1114,94636,978−20%
27Alaska Junction1,0163,83117,619−27%
28Greenwood1,0123,82819,564−27%
29North Delridge9443,5137,202−32%
30Highland Park8972,72010,590−36%
31Queen Anne8635,46052,129−38%
32Alki8032,1627,724−42%
33Fremont7886,46415,872−44%
34Madrona/Leschi7694,49512,347−45%
35Miller Park6965,0618,338−50%
36Rainier View6531,97710,418−53%
37Roosevelt/Ravenna6345,02534,409−55%
38Eastlake West5594,8906,442−60%
39Lakewood/Seward Park5312,8216,593−62%
40Wallingford5263,95919,957−62%
41North Admiral5252,41614,488−62%
42Mid Beacon Hill5211,81414,772−63%
43Magnolia4453,13425,370−68%
44Sand Point4272,13040,519−69%
45Montlake/Portage Bay4084,3227,104−71%
46Fauntleroy3962,0326,054−72%
47Ballard North3942,45431,743−72%
48Morgan3131,93113,722−78%
49Phinney Ridge2423,03611,166−83%
50Madison Park1692,4885,908−88%

The 58 neighborhoods of Seattle Police’s Micro-Community Policing Plans. The police department assigns each incident to its neighborhood, including the roughly one in six whose location it withholds to protect victims; those count in their neighborhood but are not on the street map. Population from the 2020 Census blocks inside each neighborhood, scaled to the city’s current total. Industrial areas and places with fewer than 2,500 residents are drawn but not rated. Small areas swing more from month to month, so rates use the last 12 months.

All 50 neighborhoods side by side, with property crime and the change from a year earlier: Seattle neighborhoods by reported crime rate.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Jul 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 1,411 reported178−8% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 27 reported3.4−31% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 11,207 reported1,416−15% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 10,333 reported1,305+7% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 7,749 reported979−3% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 5,104 reported645−21% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent1,411178—−8%
HomicideViolent273.4—−31%
Theft from vehiclesProperty11,2071,416—−15%
TheftProperty10,3331,305—+7%
BurglaryProperty7,749979—−3%
Vehicle theftProperty5,104645—−21%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Seattle Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (9th highest rate of 155), robbery (11th highest rate of 152) and burglary (1st highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Aug 2025 to Jul 2026

Violent crime −4%

0200400600AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul418530
Violent crimes per month in Seattle, WA, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Aug 2025552Aug 2024535
Sep 2025498Sep 2024516
Oct 2025467Oct 2024520
Nov 2025455Nov 2024465
Dec 2025427Dec 2024444
Jan 2026420Jan 2025380
Feb 2026354Feb 2025386
Mar 2026439Mar 2025447
Apr 2026415Apr 2025417
May 2026489May 2025498
Jun 2026525Jun 2025527
Jul 2026418Jul 2025530

Homicides −31%

0246810AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul13
Homicides per month in Seattle, WA, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Aug 20254Aug 20248
Sep 20252Sep 20242
Oct 20255Oct 20244
Nov 20252Nov 20243
Dec 20251Dec 20242
Jan 20263Jan 20253
Feb 20262Feb 20252
Mar 20261Mar 20253
Apr 20261Apr 20251
May 20265May 20254
Jun 20260Jun 20254
Jul 20261Jul 20253

13 in 2026 through July, 20 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Aug 2023
Reported crime per month in Seattle, WA
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Jul 20264182,1051
Jun 20265252,7590
May 20264893,0055
Apr 20264152,6771
Mar 20264392,6581
Feb 20263542,3762
Jan 20264203,1483
Dec 20254273,3231
Nov 20254552,8672
Oct 20254673,3615
Sep 20254983,0962
Aug 20255523,1954
Jul 20255302,9103
Jun 20255272,7904
May 20254983,1274
Apr 20254172,6491
Mar 20254472,6353
Feb 20253862,3142
Jan 20253803,0323
Dec 20244443,3622
Nov 20244653,4463
Oct 20245203,8804
Sep 20245163,7452
Aug 20245353,5148
Jul 20245663,3325
Jun 20245472,9227
May 20245193,2007
Apr 20245072,8651
Mar 20244872,9434
Feb 20244162,6375
Jan 20244752,9953
Dec 20234543,2652
Nov 20235093,3073
Oct 20235673,3233
Sep 20235683,27113
Aug 20236113,5668

When crime happens in Seattle

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Seattle happened between 3 pm and 1 am. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 8 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 6 pm

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Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Seattle Police Department; 7% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour
Violent crime in Seattle by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am63182245
7 am68159227
8 am87267354
9 am98280378
10 am115313428
11 am124335459
12 pm133406539
1 pm138348486
2 pm130351481
3 pm161386547
4 pm145380525
5 pm142387529
6 pm154393547
7 pm180348528
8 pm182430612
9 pm170408578
10 pm163394557
11 pm157364521
12 am161345506
1 am181252433
2 am169201370
3 am114161275
4 am72138210
5 am60145205
Total with a known time3,1677,37310,540
Property crime in Seattle by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am246623869
7 am206687893
8 am3028141,116
9 am3087841,092
10 am3908461,236
11 am3669761,342
12 pm4369431,379
1 pm4411,0531,494
2 pm5141,0091,523
3 pm4801,1691,649
4 pm4951,2431,738
5 pm6791,5072,186
6 pm6801,6772,357
7 pm5861,4992,085
8 pm5831,4402,023
9 pm5611,3661,927
10 pm6351,2971,932
11 pm6131,1611,774
12 am5021,1011,603
1 am5431,1851,728
2 am3807951,175
3 am3648051,169
4 am3527761,128
5 am284715999
Total with a known time10,94625,47136,417

How Seattle compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
33Indianapolis, IN8282,884903,574Oct 2025
34Nashville, TN8283,377718,499Aug 2026
40Denver, CO7933,938733,212Sep 2026
42Washington, DC7772,656693,645Sep 2026
56Seattle, WA6904,368791,503Jul 2026
59Oklahoma City, OK6722,598720,580Jul 2026
73Louisville, KY6123,250691,630Jul 2026
107San Francisco, CA4862,960815,330Dec 2025
191El Paso, TX2701,178682,310Aug 2026
225Prince George's County, MD (County Police)2201,741741,477Jun 2026

The 10 places closest to Seattle in population, Seattle included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
36Tacoma, WA8133,545230,369Aug 2026
56Seattle, WA6904,368791,503Jul 2026
79Spokane, WA5814,260230,962Aug 2026
91Vancouver, WA5332,669200,968May 2026
192Kent, WA2641,797136,591May 2026
213Everett, WA2322,005113,547Jul 2026
287Bellevue, WA891,850155,043Jul 2026

All 7 places in Washington on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
36Tacoma, WA8133,545230,369Aug 2026
56Seattle, WA6904,368791,503Jul 2026
57Portland, OR6885,062631,483Aug 2026
79Spokane, WA5814,260230,962Aug 2026
91Vancouver, WA5332,669200,968May 2026
140Salem, OR3781,800181,534Aug 2026
163Gresham, OR3392,272110,776Jul 2026
192Kent, WA2641,797136,591May 2026
213Everett, WA2322,005113,547Jul 2026
287Bellevue, WA891,850155,043Jul 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Seattle by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Seattle side by side with Portland, San Francisco or Denver, or with any other place.

Other cities in Washington

6 city pages, closest first

Washington as a whole has 283 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Seattle’s rate is 144% above the state’s.

BellevueKentEverettTacomaVancouverSpokane

All 7 cities in Washington

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Seattle safe?

By reported violent crime, Seattle is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 690 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, −4% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood: Madison Park runs 169 per 100,000 and Pioneer Square 13,436.

What is the crime rate in Seattle?

690 violent and 4,368 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 40,029 incidents reported to Seattle Police Department over the 12 months to July 2026. Violent crime includes 1,411 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 7,749 burglaries, 11,207 thefts from vehicles and 10,333 other thefts.

Is crime in Seattle going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −4% and property crime −8% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Seattle had in 2026?

Seattle Police Department reported 13 homicides from January to July 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 20 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Jul 2026 the count was 27, or 3 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Seattle Police Department, via Seattle Open Data (dataset tazs-3rd5). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Seattle

12 months to July 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat1,411178−8%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal7,749979−3%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included11,2071,416−15%
Vehicle theft5,104645−21%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, which overstates them where far more people work than live: Downtown Commercial, Belltown, First Hill and South Lake Union/Cascade in Seattle.

The official source is Seattle Police Department data on Seattle Open Data. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

tazs-3rd5
Source
Seattle Police Department, via Seattle Open Data (dataset tazs-3rd5)
Latest complete month
July 2026
History on this site
August 2023 to July 2026 (43 months)
Update schedule
Published daily by the Seattle Police Department under the FBI’s NIBRS standard. Each incident counts once, however many offenses its report lists. We refresh every morning.
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