Violent crime
1,459 per 100,000 residents, per year
296 reported in the last 12 months
+5% vs. Seattle (1,395)
Data through September 2026, Seattle Police Department
Crime in Bitter Lake, Seattle
The violent crime rate in Bitter Lake is 1,459 per 100,000 residents per year, 5% above Seattle as a whole (1,395). It ranks 17 of 50 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
3,120 per 100,000 residents, per year
633 reported in the last 12 months
−37% vs. Seattle (4,965)
All reported
4,870 per 100,000 residents, per year
988 reported in the last 12 months
−27% vs. Seattle (6,655)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 20,289 for Bitter Lake. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Bitter Lake sits in Seattle, and where incidents concentrate
rank 17 of 50Loading map…
1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Bitter Lake is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 17 of 50. Nearby in the ranking: High Point (1,645), South Park (1,494), Brighton/Dunlap (1,414), Central Area/Squire Park (1,359).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 019XX N 143rd St | 30 | 11 | 10% |
| 02141XX Linden Ave N | 16 | 23 | 5% |
| 03141XX Aurora Ave N | 16 | 10 | 5% |
| 04125XX Aurora Ave N | 7 | 6 | 2% |
| 05132XX Aurora Ave N | 6 | 145 | 2% |
| 06105XX Aurora Ave N | 6 | 18 | 2% |
| 073XX N 133rd St | 5 | 2 | 2% |
“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 26XX SW Barton St), never an exact address. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 7 account for 29% of Bitter Lake’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Bitter Lake |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 31 |
| Nov 2025 | 25 |
| Dec 2025 | 22 |
| Jan 2026 | 23 |
| Feb 2026 | 25 |
| Mar 2026 | 25 |
| Apr 2026 | 27 |
| May 2026 | 22 |
| Jun 2026 | 22 |
| Jul 2026 | 18 |
| Aug 2026 | 22 |
| Sep 2026 | 34 |
When crime happens in Bitter Lake
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Bitter Lake happened between 1 pm and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 6 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
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; 8% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 am | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 9 am | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 10 am | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| 11 am | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 pm | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 1 pm | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| 2 pm | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 pm | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 4 pm | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 5 pm | 11 | 26 | 37 |
| 6 pm | 9 | 36 | 45 |
| 7 pm | 12 | 25 | 37 |
| 8 pm | 8 | 27 | 35 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 10 pm | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| 11 pm | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| 12 am | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 1 am | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 am | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 am | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 4 am | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 5 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Total with a known time | 152 | 433 | 585 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Seattle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 269 | 1,326 | +9% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 27 | 133 | −23% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 267 | 1,316 | −4% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 129 | 636 | −56% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 82 | 404 | −30% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 82 | 404 | −36% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 73 | 360 | −62% |
| Drug offensesOther | 39 | 192 | −9% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 20 | 99 | +18% |
Source and dates
tazs-3rd5- Source
- Seattle Police Department, via Seattle Open Data (dataset tazs-3rd5), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 20,289 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Seattle, WA
- All neighborhoods
- Seattle neighborhoods by reported crime rate