Seattle Assault

Seattle · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Seattle police open data recorded 7,707 assault incidents, 10.0% of all 77,299 incidents reported in the city that year and down 3.0% from 2024. That is about 987 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 6,784 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Seattle by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)6,784——
20257,707987down 3.0%
20247,9451,017down 5.8%
20238,4331,080down 3.8%
20228,7671,123up 8.2%
20218,1061,038up 8.7%
20207,459955down 10.6%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 144,248 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Capitol Hill 676 incidents
  2. Downtown Commercial 555 incidents
  3. First Hill 426 incidents
  4. Slu/Cascade 414 incidents
  5. Northgate 395 incidents
  6. Chinatown/International District 368 incidents
  7. Queen Anne 294 incidents
  8. University 277 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Seattle in 2025?

7,707, according to Seattle Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Seattle?

Reported assault was down 3.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 12.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Seattle Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

Other crime types in Seattle

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