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Seattle Crime Rate Report (Washington)

Seattle crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Seattle for 2023 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Seattle in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 54.3% and the city property crime rate in Seattle was higher than the national property crime rate average by 113.07%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Seattle was higher than the violent crime rate in Washington by 99.22% and the city property crime rate in Seattle was higher than the property crime rate in Washington by 67.63%.

Property and Violent Crime
Seattle Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Seattle Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Seattle Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault2,746
Arson98
Burglary7,210
Larceny and Theft23,478
Motor Vehicle Theft3,645
Murder and Manslaughter28
Rape358
Robbery1,339
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)38,499
Property Crime34,333
Violent Crime4,471
2023 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault3,330
Arson117
Burglary8,442
Larceny and Theft28,040
Motor Vehicle Theft4,183
Murder and Manslaughter33
Rape437
Robbery1,557
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)44,796
Property Crime40,630
Violent Crime5,358

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Seattle Property Crime

Seattle Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Seattle Crime 2019

Seattle Crime 2023

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Seattle Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Seattle Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Seattle, Washington crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Seattle crime report data for 2023 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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