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Seattle Crime Rate Report (Washington)

Seattle crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Seattle for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Seattle in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 113.25% and the city property crime rate in Seattle was higher than the national property crime rate average by 187.95%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Seattle was higher than the violent crime rate in Washington by 146.1% and the city property crime rate in Seattle was higher than the property crime rate in Washington by 123.8%.

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

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault3,669
Arson165
Burglary7,724
Larceny and Theft21,448
Motor Vehicle Theft5,809
Murder and Manslaughter35
Rape410
Robbery1,416
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)39,147
Property Crime34,981
Violent Crime5,530
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault4,204
Arson188
Burglary8,938
Larceny and Theft20,648
Motor Vehicle Theft8,088
Murder and Manslaughter60
Rape368
Robbery1,629
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)41,840
Property Crime37,674
Violent Crime6,261

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Seattle Property Crime

Seattle Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Seattle Crime 2025

Seattle Crime 2026

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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Seattle crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

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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