Violent crime
13,436 per 100,000 residents, per year
384 reported in the last 12 months
+863% vs. Seattle (1,395)
Data through September 2026, Seattle Police Department
Crime in Pioneer Square, Seattle
The violent crime rate in Pioneer Square is 13,436 per 100,000 residents per year, 863% above Seattle as a whole (1,395). It ranks 1 of 50 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
21,169 per 100,000 residents, per year
605 reported in the last 12 months
+326% vs. Seattle (4,965)
All reported
36,459 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,042 reported in the last 12 months
+448% vs. Seattle (6,655)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 2,858 for Pioneer Square. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Pioneer Square sits in Seattle, and where incidents concentrate
rank 1 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.
Pioneer Square is among the highest in the city: rank 1 of 50. Nearby in the ranking: Chinatown/International District (8,369), Downtown Commercial (7,413).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 011XX S Washington St | 26 | 21 | 7% |
| 022XX Yesler Way | 21 | 26 | 5% |
| 033XX 2nd Ave S | 21 | 18 | 5% |
| 048XX Occidental Ave S | 11 | 31 | 3% |
| 054XX 1st Ave S | 11 | 18 | 3% |
| 061XX Occidental Ave S | 7 | 11 | 2% |
| 0712XX 1st Ave S | 6 | 44 | 2% |
| 081XX 2nd Ave S | 6 | 8 | 2% |
| 092XX Alaskan Way S | 6 | 6 | 2% |
| 102XX S King St | 5 | 30 | 1% |
“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 10 account for 31% of Pioneer Square’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 Pioneer Square |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 40 |
| Nov 2025 | 26 |
| Dec 2025 | 23 |
| Jan 2026 | 31 |
| Feb 2026 | 29 |
| Mar 2026 | 38 |
| Apr 2026 | 23 |
| May 2026 | 31 |
| Jun 2026 | 51 |
| Jul 2026 | 31 |
| Aug 2026 | 31 |
| Sep 2026 | 30 |
When crime happens in Pioneer Square
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Pioneer Square happened between 5 pm and 3 am. Friday and Saturday had the most.
Violent crime busiest hour 2 am
Property crime busiest hour 8 pm
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; 5% 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 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 am | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 9 am | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 11 am | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 12 pm | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 1 pm | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 pm | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| 4 pm | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 pm | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 pm | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 pm | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 pm | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 10 pm | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 11 pm | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 am | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 1 am | 19 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 am | 26 | 11 | 37 |
| 3 am | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 am | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 am | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total with a known time | 149 | 218 | 367 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 am | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 am | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 am | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 10 am | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 11 am | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 12 pm | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 1 pm | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 pm | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 pm | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 4 pm | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 pm | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 pm | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 7 pm | 13 | 29 | 42 |
| 8 pm | 16 | 34 | 50 |
| 9 pm | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| 10 pm | 22 | 25 | 47 |
| 11 pm | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 12 am | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 1 am | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 am | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 am | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 am | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 am | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Total with a known time | 225 | 350 | 575 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Seattle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 355 | 12,421 | +919% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 29 | 1,015 | +488% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 219 | 7,663 | +457% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 186 | 6,508 | +351% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 102 | 3,569 | +462% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 64 | 2,239 | +139% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 34 | 1,190 | +106% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 33 | 1,155 | +1276% |
| Drug offensesOther | 20 | 700 | +230% |
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
- 2,858 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Seattle, WA
- All neighborhoods
- Seattle neighborhoods by reported crime rate