Neighborhood safety · Seattle · data through July 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: 57/100.

Ballard

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Sunset Hill	76/100	Low risk	119
Loyal Heights	62/100	Moderate	246
Whittier Heights	51/100	Moderate	401
Ballard	32/100	Elevated	780
West Woodland	32/100	Elevated	859

Beacon Hill

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
South Beacon Hill	80/100	Low risk	93
Mid-Beacon Hill	78/100	Low risk	111
Holly Park	50/100	Moderate	352
North Beacon Hill	40/100	Elevated	542

Capitol Hill

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Madison Park	78/100	Low risk	122
Montlake	77/100	Low risk	124
Portage Bay	57/100	Moderate	297
Stevens	37/100	Elevated	697
Broadway	16/100	High risk	1,959

Cascade

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Eastlake	53/100	Moderate	337
Westlake	43/100	Elevated	526
South Lake Union	20/100	High risk	1,521

Central Area

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Harrison/Denny-Blaine	72/100	Moderate	164
Madrona	64/100	Moderate	217
Leschi	51/100	Moderate	360
Mann	40/100	Elevated	572
Atlantic	29/100	Elevated	899
Minor	23/100	High risk	1,256

Delridge

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Riverview	79/100	Low risk	97
Highland Park	68/100	Moderate	180
High Point	64/100	Moderate	212
North Delridge	58/100	Moderate	267
Roxhill	44/100	Elevated	596
South Delridge	41/100	Elevated	674

Downtown

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Pioneer Square	15/100	High risk	1,982
Belltown	13/100	High risk	2,550
International District	12/100	High risk	2,621
Pike-Market	12/100	High risk	2,754
First Hill	10/100	High risk	3,269
Yesler Terrace	10/100	High risk	3,072
Central Business District	9/100	High risk	3,534
Denny Triangle	9/100	High risk	3,702

Greater Duwamish

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Harbor Island	96/100	Low risk	17
Industrial District	74/100	Moderate	130
South Park	74/100	Moderate	130
Georgetown	71/100	Moderate	162
SODO	46/100	Elevated	453

Interbay

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Interbay	55/100	Moderate	318

Lake City

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Matthews Beach	90/100	Low risk	43
Meadowbrook	83/100	Low risk	78
Victory Heights	66/100	Moderate	192
Olympic Hills	48/100	Elevated	367
Cedar Park	47/100	Elevated	381

Magnolia

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Briarcliff	80/100	Low risk	98
Lawton Park	80/100	Low risk	98
Southeast Magnolia	70/100	Moderate	173

North Central

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Phinney Ridge	65/100	Moderate	224
Green Lake	59/100	Moderate	275
Wallingford	44/100	Elevated	497
Fremont	35/100	Elevated	727

Northeast

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Laurelhurst	81/100	Low risk	89
Windermere	80/100	Low risk	110
Wedgwood	77/100	Low risk	122
Sand Point	70/100	Moderate	161
Bryant	68/100	Moderate	192
View Ridge	68/100	Moderate	181
Ravenna	62/100	Moderate	249
Roosevelt	40/100	Elevated	601

Northgate

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Pinehurst	72/100	Moderate	145
Maple Leaf	64/100	Moderate	214
Haller Lake	62/100	Moderate	272
Licton Springs	40/100	Elevated	517

Northwest

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Broadview	83/100	Low risk	87
North Beach/Blue Ridge	83/100	Low risk	81
Crown Hill	61/100	Moderate	274
Bitter Lake	52/100	Moderate	408
Greenwood	39/100	Elevated	586

Queen Anne

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
North Queen Anne	51/100	Moderate	372
West Queen Anne	49/100	Elevated	416
East Queen Anne	43/100	Elevated	537
Lower Queen Anne	21/100	High risk	1,495

Rainier Valley

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Rainier View	82/100	Low risk	82
Rainier Beach	61/100	Moderate	236
Brighton	48/100	Elevated	389
Columbia City	47/100	Elevated	431
Dunlap	45/100	Elevated	440
Mount Baker	42/100	Elevated	485

Seward Park

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Seward Park	82/100	Low risk	87

University District

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
University of Washington	45/100	Elevated	548
University Heights	24/100	High risk	1,173
University District	23/100	High risk	1,229

West Seattle

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Arbor Heights	88/100	Low risk	56
Fauntleroy	80/100	Low risk	96
Alki	76/100	Low risk	114
Gatewood	75/100	Low risk	139
Seaview	72/100	Moderate	151
North Admiral	69/100	Moderate	190
Genesee	46/100	Elevated	448
Fairmount Park	45/100	Elevated	450

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.