Seattle, WA crime rate
In 2025 the Seattle Police Department reported 705.9 violent crimes and 4,461.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Washington and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Seattle compare with Washington and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Seattle only.
What offenses were reported in Seattle, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Washington | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 5,587 | 705.9 | 283.9 | 327.6 | down 10.6% | down 6.8% |
| Murder | 34 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 4.1 | down 35.8% | down 21.8% |
| Rape | 425 | 53.7 | 38.0 | 36.1 | up 5.9% | up 36.3% |
| Robbery | 1,420 | 179.4 | 51.7 | 49.4 | down 19.1% | down 19.1% |
| Aggravated assault | 3,708 | 468.5 | 191.2 | 238.0 | down 8.2% | down 4.6% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 35,309 | 4,461.0 | 1,974.8 | 1,534.8 | down 12.7% | down 13.8% |
| Burglary | 7,770 | 981.7 | 314.2 | 193.6 | down 16.3% | down 22.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 21,552 | 2,722.9 | 1,401.6 | 1,144.1 | down 7.2% | down 15.0% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 5,822 | 735.6 | 259.0 | 197.0 | down 25.1% | up 9.8% |
| Arson | 165 | 20.8 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 2.0% | down 28.5% |
Reported = offenses known to the Seattle Police Department and sent to the FBI. Washington and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Seattle's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 34 | 30 |
| Murder | 2024 | 51 | 52 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 1,420 | 1,452 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 1,685 | 1,721 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 3,708 | 3,208 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 3,877 | 3,373 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 7,770 | 7,737 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 8,919 | 8,965 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 5,822 | 5,803 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 7,468 | 7,442 |
City count: SPD Crime Data: 2008-Present (tazs-3rd5), Seattle Police Department, data.seattle.gov, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Seattle | United States | Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 757.5 | 387.0 | 335.7 |
| 2022 | 850.1 | 388.7 | 378.9 |
| 2023 | 797.7 | 379.5 | 359.3 |
| 2024 | 789.2 | 362.9 | 330.1 |
| 2025 | 705.9 | 327.6 | 283.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Seattle | United States | Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,173.9 | 1,832.3 | 3,035.5 |
| 2022 | 5,776.6 | 1,973.8 | 3,370.7 |
| 2023 | 5,081.8 | 1,934.1 | 2,891.1 |
| 2024 | 5,110.8 | 1,761.1 | 2,494.4 |
| 2025 | 4,461.0 | 1,534.8 | 1,974.8 |
Is Seattle safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Seattle Police Department reported, 705.9 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Washington's 283.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 10.6% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Seattle police had 35,309 property crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a rate of 4,461.0 per 100,000 residents covered by the Seattle Police Department. That is 2.3 times the FBI's Washington estimate of 1,974.8 and 2.9 times the US rate of 1,534.8. The violent rate was 705.9, from 5,587 offenses, which puts it at 2.5 times the state's 283.9 and 2.2 times the national 327.6.
Property crime came down 12.7% from 2024 and 13.8% from 2021. Violent crime fell 10.6% in the last year and is 6.8% below 2021, when it was 757.5. Murder had the largest fall of the violent offenses in both periods, 21.8% since 2021 and 35.8% since 2024; the 34 homicides in 2025 equal 4.3 per 100,000.
Rape rose the most in both periods, 36.3% since 2021 and 5.9% since 2024, to 53.7 per 100,000. Robbery, at 179.4 per 100,000, was 3.6 times the US rate after a 19.1% fall from 2024. Motor vehicle theft rose the most of the property offenses since 2021, 9.8%.
From 2024 to 2025 the same offense had the largest fall in its group, 25.1%, to 735.6 per 100,000. The department reported all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has used NIBRS since 2012. The King County Sheriff's Office and Port of Seattle police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.92 per 1,000 residents (1,064 officers, 454 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Washington cities
The nearest Washington cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Seattle Police Department (ORI WASPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Washington and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_WASPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Seattle Police Department (WASPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_WASPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)