Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Seattle, WA Crime Grade
How Seattle grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Washington — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
10/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Seattle, WA was 696.8 per 100,000 residents (5,515 incidents over a population of 791,503). That puts Seattle 114% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 147% above the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Seattle (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Seattle vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 756.8(5,962) | 846.5(6,177) | 787.0(5,932) | 784.8(5,965) | 696.8(5,515) |
| Murder | 5.5(43) | 7.5(55) | 9.0(68) | 6.7(51) | 4.4(35) |
| Rape | 39.0(307) | 44.4(324) | 41.0(309) | 49.6(377) | 51.0(404) |
| Robbery | 221.8(1,747) | 240.0(1,751) | 222.2(1,675) | 221.4(1,683) | 178.5(1,413) |
| Aggravated assault | 490.6(3,865) | 554.6(4,047) | 514.7(3,880) | 507.1(3,854) | 462.8(3,663) |
| Property crime | 5173.5(40,754) | 5773.5(42,129) | 5067.6(38,199) | 5106.7(38,814) | 4423.9(35,015) |
| Burglary | 1271.0(10,012) | 1208.5(8,818) | 1137.5(8,574) | 1172.9(8,915) | 970.4(7,681) |
| Larceny | 3203.4(25,235) | 3588.8(26,187) | 2683.3(20,226) | 2931.4(22,280) | 2700.2(21,372) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 670.0(5,278) | 951.5(6,943) | 1227.4(9,252) | 982.0(7,464) | 732.4(5,797) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Seattle's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Washington cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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