Neighborhood safety · Seattle · data through August 2026

How safe is your Seattle neighborhood?

SafeRoute scores every Seattle neighborhood 0–100 from incidents reported to the Seattle Police Department — severity-weighted, within 1 km of each area's center, normalized citywide. Higher is safer. The same data powers the SafeRoute app's crime-aware walking routes.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighborhood's center — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. Citywide median index: 54/100.

Ballard

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Sunset Hill	75/100	Low risk	138
Loyal Heights	60/100	Moderate	276
Whittier Heights	49/100	Elevated	463
Ballard	30/100	Elevated	908
West Woodland	30/100	Elevated	1,011

Beacon Hill

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Mid-Beacon Hill	75/100	Low risk	140
South Beacon Hill	73/100	Moderate	130
Holly Park	45/100	Elevated	433
North Beacon Hill	37/100	Elevated	634

Capitol Hill

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Madison Park	77/100	Low risk	137
Montlake	74/100	Moderate	149
Portage Bay	54/100	Moderate	351
Stevens	35/100	Elevated	809
Broadway	15/100	High risk	2,300

Cascade

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Eastlake	50/100	Moderate	403
Westlake	41/100	Elevated	607
South Lake Union	18/100	High risk	1,800

Central Area

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Harrison/Denny-Blaine	69/100	Moderate	198
Madrona	60/100	Moderate	267
Leschi	49/100	Elevated	411
Mann	37/100	Elevated	672
Atlantic	27/100	Elevated	1,047
Minor	21/100	High risk	1,475

Delridge

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Riverview	77/100	Low risk	117
Highland Park	67/100	Moderate	194
High Point	61/100	Moderate	249
North Delridge	55/100	Moderate	315
Roxhill	42/100	Elevated	703
South Delridge	38/100	Elevated	796

Downtown

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Pioneer Square	13/100	High risk	2,362
Belltown	11/100	High risk	3,086
International District	11/100	High risk	3,095
Pike-Market	10/100	High risk	3,326
First Hill	9/100	High risk	3,852
Yesler Terrace	9/100	High risk	3,611
Central Business District	8/100	High risk	4,233
Denny Triangle	8/100	High risk	4,431

Greater Duwamish

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Harbor Island	94/100	Low risk	22
Industrial District	72/100	Moderate	153
South Park	72/100	Moderate	153
Georgetown	67/100	Moderate	201
SODO	43/100	Elevated	541

Interbay

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Interbay	53/100	Moderate	361

Lake City

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Matthews Beach	89/100	Low risk	48
Meadowbrook	82/100	Low risk	88
Victory Heights	63/100	Moderate	224
Olympic Hills	44/100	Elevated	448
Cedar Park	43/100	Elevated	461

Magnolia

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Lawton Park	79/100	Low risk	112
Briarcliff	78/100	Low risk	120
Southeast Magnolia	69/100	Moderate	190

North Central

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Phinney Ridge	63/100	Moderate	252
Green Lake	56/100	Moderate	322
Wallingford	41/100	Elevated	571
Fremont	33/100	Elevated	838

Northeast

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Windermere	79/100	Low risk	123
Laurelhurst	78/100	Low risk	108
Wedgwood	76/100	Low risk	136
Sand Point	68/100	Moderate	176
View Ridge	67/100	Moderate	198
Bryant	64/100	Moderate	235
Ravenna	59/100	Moderate	305
Roosevelt	37/100	Elevated	710

Northgate

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Pinehurst	70/100	Moderate	166
Maple Leaf	62/100	Moderate	245
Haller Lake	60/100	Moderate	315
Licton Springs	38/100	Elevated	609

Northwest

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Broadview	81/100	Low risk	97
North Beach/Blue Ridge	80/100	Low risk	98
Crown Hill	58/100	Moderate	320
Bitter Lake	49/100	Elevated	471
Greenwood	36/100	Elevated	690

Queen Anne

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
North Queen Anne	49/100	Elevated	424
West Queen Anne	46/100	Elevated	484
East Queen Anne	40/100	Elevated	638
Lower Queen Anne	19/100	High risk	1,754

Rainier Valley

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Rainier View	81/100	Low risk	89
Rainier Beach	57/100	Moderate	279
Columbia City	45/100	Elevated	501
Brighton	44/100	Elevated	474
Dunlap	41/100	Elevated	524
Mount Baker	39/100	Elevated	572

Seward Park

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Seward Park	79/100	Low risk	107

University District

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
University of Washington	42/100	Elevated	648
University Heights	22/100	High risk	1,415
University District	21/100	High risk	1,470

West Seattle

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Arbor Heights	85/100	Low risk	68
Fauntleroy	80/100	Low risk	105
Gatewood	72/100	Moderate	169
Alki	71/100	Moderate	146
Seaview	70/100	Moderate	175
North Admiral	65/100	Moderate	229
Genesee	43/100	Elevated	529
Fairmount Park	42/100	Elevated	532

Methodology

Each incident reported to the Seattle Police Department (via Seattle Open Data) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every neighborhood we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its center, and normalize against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Boundaries are the Seattle City GIS Neighborhood Map Atlas — 94 neighborhoods grouped into 20 districts (so Capitol Hill and West Seattle, which are districts, appear as section headings). Because Seattle's dense downtown far outweighs its residential neighborhoods, the index is calibrated to the citywide median so a typical neighborhood reads mid-scale. Time-of-day charts use SPD incident timestamps, severity-weighted. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares areas within Seattle. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — Seattle's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.