Seattle, Washington · Neighborhood crime trends

Seattle Capitol Hill and Cascade

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Capitol Hill and Cascade, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

8 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

Seattle as a whole averaged 22.8 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while Capitol Hill and Cascade averaged 24.5, hence it is generally less safe when all crimes are considered.

How do the 8 neighborhoods of Capitol Hill and Cascade compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 1,876 crimes across them, 24.5 for every 1,000 residents. That is 5.5% below a year earlier and 9.1% below Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Montlake has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (9.6 per 1,000), followed by Madison Park (10.4) and Eastlake (13.8). Broadway has the highest (33.4).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 8 SEATTLE CAPITOL HILL AND CASCADE NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against Seattle's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by the City of Seattle and simplified by CrimesLog.

A little history

Capitol Hill and Cascade in Seattle. Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington, and it was one of the country's fastest-growing large cities between 2010 and 2020. Broadway, a major north–south thoroughfare, runs through the Capitol Hill neighborhood, and Capitol Hill lies on the south and west sides of Montlake.

Notable neighborhoods in Capitol Hill and Cascade include:

Broadway and Montlake. Broadway is an arterial that runs north from Yesler Way at Yesler Terrace through the First Hill and Capitol Hill neighborhoods to East Roy Street. Broadway East continues north to East Highland Drive. Montlake is a residential neighborhood along the Montlake Cut of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Portage Bay bounds it to the north, the Washington Park Arboretum to the east, and Interlaken Park to the south and west. The University of Washington campus lies across the Montlake Cut.

Eastlake and South Lake Union. Eastlake is named for its location on the eastern shore of Lake Union. Its main thoroughfare, Eastlake Avenue E., runs from Howell Street at the northeast corner of Downtown north over the University Bridge to the University District. South Lake Union is named for its position at the southern tip of Lake Union, in central Seattle.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Montlake

9.6 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Broadway

33.4 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

24.5 per 1,000

5.5% below a year earlier · down

9.1% below Q1 2022

Compared

8 neighborhoods

76,485 residents · 18 quarters

Seattle Capitol Hill and Cascade neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

Crime categories

Apartment Building at 302 Malden Avenue E., Capitol Hill, Seattle, Circa 1975, Broadway

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Seattle - House Near 11th Avenue E. & Delmar Dr., 1961, Montlake — **Montlake** · Seattle - House Near 11th Avenue E. & Delmar Dr., 1961
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Seattle - Canal Market, 1970s, Portage Bay — **Portage Bay** · Seattle - Canal Market, 1970s
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Seattle - Apartment Buildings Near Lake Washington, 1970s, Madison Park — **Madison Park** · Seattle - Apartment Buildings Near Lake Washington, 1970s
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Seattle - El Cerrito Apartments, Circa 1975, Eastlake — **Eastlake** · Seattle - El Cerrito Apartments, Circa 1975
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MOHAI, Westlake — **Westlake** · MOHAI
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Seattle - John Street Widening at 21st Avenue E., 1955, Stevens — **Stevens** · Seattle - John Street Widening at 21st Avenue E., 1955
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Fairview Avenue N., 1931, South Lake Union — **South Lake Union** · Fairview Avenue N., 1931
Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons