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Safety index · Capitol Hill, Seattle · data through November 2026

Is Portage Bay safe?

Portage Bay shows a typical level of reported crime for Seattle. Its SafeRoute safety index is 53 out of 100 — right at the citywide median of 53, ranking 48th of 94 Seattle neighborhoods — based on 446 incidents reported to the SPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

53/100
Moderate
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Portage Bay — higher is safer. 48th of 94 Seattle neighborhoods.

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 Portage Bay 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 41% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 32% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 30% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Ship Canal BridgeNortheast Pacific Street neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center446 incidents reported within 1 km of the Portage Bay center · SPD data through November 2026, latest report in this area October 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the west of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Vehicle crime
185 · 41%
Burglary
88 · 20%
Other theft
78 · 17%
Criminal damage & arson
38 · 9%
Violent crime
25 · 6%
Other
19 · 4%

When it happens

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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 Portage Bay at night?

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Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Portage Bay safe at night?

Moderate overall (safety index 53/100). About 61% of severity-weighted incidents in Portage Bay 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 Portage Bay?

Vehicle crime — 185 of 446 incidents (41%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

How is the Portage Bay 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.