I generally feel that Seattle is a pretty safe city although there are definitely some neighborhoods that are a little rougher than others. Seattle Metropolitan published some statistics on violent crimes, burglaries and car thefts for all Seattle neighborhoods based on numbers provided by the Seattle Police Department and Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs for January 2006-December 2006. Here are a few I personally found fascinating:
Top 3
#1 Capitol Hill had the highest amount of total crimes reported at 2,216 and was ranked #2 for the highest amount of violent crimes.
#2 Eastlake came in second with a total of 2,025 crimes reported.
#3 Ballard had the most car thefts in 2006 and the total amount of crimes reported was 1,906.
–Queen Anne was reported for having the second highest amount of car thefts and the total crimes reported of 1,731 puts Queen Anne at #6 after First Hill and Wallingford.
–Belltown had relatively average numbers with 174 violent crimes, 141 burglaries & 143 car thefts. 1,242 total crimes were reported in 2006.
–Downtowns numbers were pretty low with only 455 total crimes reported but ranked #1 for the highest amount of violent crimes.