Violent crime
1,138 per 100,000 residents, per year
155 reported in the last 12 months
−18% vs. Seattle (1,395)
Data through September 2026, Seattle Police Department
Crime in Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights, Seattle
The violent crime rate in Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights is 1,138 per 100,000 residents per year, 18% below Seattle as a whole (1,395). It ranks 24 of 50 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
6,334 per 100,000 residents, per year
863 reported in the last 12 months
+28% vs. Seattle (4,965)
All reported
7,648 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,042 reported in the last 12 months
+15% vs. Seattle (6,655)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 13,624 for Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights sits in Seattle, and where incidents concentrate
rank 24 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.
Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 24 of 50. Nearby in the ranking: Lake City (1,260), South Beacon Hill (1,159), Columbia City (1,117), University District (1,111).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0126XX SW Barton St | 15 | 417 | 10% |
| 0225XX SW Barton St | 8 | 18 | 5% |
| 0322XX SW Barton St | 7 | 16 | 5% |
| 0425XX SW Trenton St | 5 | 17 | 3% |
| 0524XX SW Holden St | 5 | 7 | 3% |
“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 26% of Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights’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 Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 9 |
| Nov 2025 | 21 |
| Dec 2025 | 17 |
| Jan 2026 | 16 |
| Feb 2026 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 15 |
| Apr 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 17 |
| Jun 2026 | 11 |
| Jul 2026 | 10 |
| Aug 2026 | 9 |
| Sep 2026 | 11 |
When crime happens in Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Roxhill/Westwood/Arbor Heights happened between 2 pm and 9 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 7 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; 4% 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 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 am | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 am | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 9 am | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 10 am | 9 | 27 | 36 |
| 11 am | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| 12 pm | 5 | 35 | 40 |
| 1 pm | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 pm | 12 | 31 | 43 |
| 3 pm | 10 | 48 | 58 |
| 4 pm | 10 | 37 | 47 |
| 5 pm | 15 | 55 | 70 |
| 6 pm | 16 | 47 | 63 |
| 7 pm | 19 | 63 | 82 |
| 8 pm | 16 | 52 | 68 |
| 9 pm | 8 | 32 | 40 |
| 10 pm | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| 11 pm | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 am | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 1 am | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 am | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 am | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 5 am | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Total with a known time | 207 | 624 | 831 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Seattle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 133 | 976 | −20% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 22 | 161 | −6% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 551 | 4,044 | +194% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 104 | 763 | −18% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 99 | 727 | −50% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 58 | 426 | −26% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 51 | 374 | −41% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 12 | 88 | +5% |
| Drug offensesOther | 12 | 88 | −58% |
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
- 13,624 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Seattle, WA
- All neighborhoods
- Seattle neighborhoods by reported crime rate