Violent crime
1,754 per 100,000 residents, per year
240 reported in the last 12 months
+26% vs. Seattle (1,395)
Data through September 2026, Seattle Police Department
Crime in North Beacon Hill, Seattle
The violent crime rate in North Beacon Hill is 1,754 per 100,000 residents per year, 26% above Seattle as a whole (1,395). It ranks 14 of 50 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
5,496 per 100,000 residents, per year
752 reported in the last 12 months
+11% vs. Seattle (4,965)
All reported
7,842 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,073 reported in the last 12 months
+18% vs. Seattle (6,655)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 13,682 for North Beacon Hill. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where North Beacon Hill sits in Seattle, and where incidents concentrate
rank 14 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.
North Beacon Hill is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 14 of 50. Nearby in the ranking: Hillman City (1,810), Claremont/Rainier Vista (1,776), High Point (1,645), South Park (1,494).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0119XX 22nd Ave S | 23 | 19 | 10% |
| 0227XX Rainier Ave S | 11 | 15 | 5% |
| 039XX Golf Dr S | 10 | 19 | 4% |
| 0427XX 25th Ave S | 7 | 11 | 3% |
| 0527XX Beacon Ave S | 5 | 12 | 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 5 account for 23% of North Beacon Hill’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 North Beacon Hill |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 19 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 16 |
| Jan 2026 | 23 |
| Feb 2026 | 26 |
| Mar 2026 | 23 |
| Apr 2026 | 18 |
| May 2026 | 21 |
| Jun 2026 | 21 |
| Jul 2026 | 18 |
| Aug 2026 | 24 |
| Sep 2026 | 17 |
When crime happens in North Beacon Hill
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in North Beacon Hill happened between 3 pm and 1 am. 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 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 7 am | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 8 am | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 9 am | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 10 am | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 11 am | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 12 pm | 7 | 27 | 34 |
| 1 pm | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 pm | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 pm | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| 4 pm | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| 5 pm | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| 6 pm | 15 | 34 | 49 |
| 7 pm | 13 | 29 | 42 |
| 8 pm | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| 9 pm | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| 10 pm | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| 11 pm | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 12 am | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| 1 am | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 am | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 am | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 4 am | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 5 am | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Total with a known time | 200 | 491 | 691 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Seattle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 205 | 1,498 | +23% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 32 | 234 | +36% |
| HomicideViolent | 3 | 22 | +460% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 200 | 1,462 | +1% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 198 | 1,447 | +5% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 124 | 906 | +43% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 121 | 884 | +53% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 109 | 797 | −15% |
| Drug offensesOther | 57 | 417 | +97% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 24 | 175 | +109% |
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
- 13,682 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Seattle, WA
- All neighborhoods
- Seattle neighborhoods by reported crime rate