Violent crime
769 per 100,000 residents, per year
95 reported in the last 12 months
−45% vs. Seattle (1,395)
Data through September 2026, Seattle Police Department
Crime in Madrona/Leschi, Seattle
The violent crime rate in Madrona/Leschi is 769 per 100,000 residents per year, 45% below Seattle as a whole (1,395). It ranks 34 of 50 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
4,495 per 100,000 residents, per year
555 reported in the last 12 months
−9% vs. Seattle (4,965)
All reported
5,402 per 100,000 residents, per year
667 reported in the last 12 months
−19% vs. Seattle (6,655)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 12,347 for Madrona/Leschi. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Madrona/Leschi sits in Seattle, and where incidents concentrate
rank 34 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.
Madrona/Leschi is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 34 of 50. Nearby in the ranking: Alki (803), Fremont (788), Miller Park (696), Rainier View (653).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0124XX S Jackson St | 10 | 72 | 11% |
“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 1 account for 11% of Madrona/Leschi’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 Madrona/Leschi |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 9 |
| Dec 2025 | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | 14 |
| Feb 2026 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 9 |
| Sep 2026 | 8 |
When crime happens in Madrona/Leschi
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Madrona/Leschi happened between noon and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 8 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 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 7 am | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 am | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 9 am | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 am | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 11 am | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 12 pm | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| 1 pm | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 23 | 31 |
| 3 pm | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| 4 pm | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 5 pm | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 6 pm | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 7 pm | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 9 pm | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 10 pm | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 11 pm | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 12 am | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 1 am | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2 am | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 am | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 4 am | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 am | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Total with a known time | 140 | 369 | 509 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Seattle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 83 | 672 | −45% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 12 | 97 | −44% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 185 | 1,498 | +4% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 148 | 1,199 | −13% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 98 | 794 | −15% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 66 | 535 | −7% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 58 | 470 | −26% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 9 | 73 | −13% |
| Drug offensesOther | 8 | 65 | −69% |
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
- 12,347 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Seattle, WA
- All neighborhoods
- Seattle neighborhoods by reported crime rate