Seattle Burglary

Seattle · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Seattle police open data recorded 7,679 burglary incidents, 9.9% of all 77,299 incidents reported in the city that year and down 13.9% from 2024. That is about 983 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 5,940 burglary incidents have been published.

Burglary in Seattle by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)5,940——
20257,679983down 13.9%
20248,9211,142up 3.5%
20238,6191,104down 1.6%
20228,7551,121down 11.3%
20219,8651,263down 5.5%
202010,4441,337up 35.9%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 146,418 burglary incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most burglary (2025)

  1. Capitol Hill 632 incidents
  2. Queen Anne 580 incidents
  3. Slu/Cascade 472 incidents
  4. Ballard South 403 incidents
  5. First Hill 370 incidents
  6. University 366 incidents
  7. Northgate 289 incidents
  8. Belltown 261 incidents

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

Questions

How many burglary incidents were reported in Seattle in 2025?

7,679, according to Seattle Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is burglary going up or down in Seattle?

Reported burglary was down 13.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 12.3% 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.

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