Safety index · Downtown, Seattle · data through November 2026
Is Pike-Market safe?
Pike-Market records a high level of reported crime for Seattle. Its SafeRoute safety index is 10 out of 100 — 43 points below the citywide median of 53, ranking 90th of 94 Seattle neighborhoods — based on 4,243 incidents reported to the SPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.
DATA THROUGH NOVEMBER 2026 · 10 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Seattle — a typical Seattle neighborhood sits near 53. It ranks Pike-Market against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — vehicle crime alone is 28% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 27% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 23% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Vehicle crime | 1,178 · 28% | |
| Other theft | 660 · 16% | |
| Burglary | 490 · 12% | |
| Violent crime | 449 · 11% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 365 · 9% | |
| Drugs | 346 · 8% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Is Seattle safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →
Walking in Pike-Market at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.
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- Central Business District8/100 · High risk
- Belltown11/100 · High risk
- Denny Triangle8/100 · High risk
- First Hill9/100 · High risk
- Pioneer Square13/100 · High risk
Common questions
Is Pike-Market safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 10/100). About 49% of severity-weighted incidents in Pike-Market are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Pike-Market?
Vehicle crime — 1,178 of 4,243 incidents (28%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.
How is the Pike-Market safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Seattle Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Seattle, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.