Seattle, Washington · Neighborhood crime trends

Seattle Northwest and Northgate

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Northwest and Northgate, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

9 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 Northwest and Northgate averaged 14.0, hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 9 neighborhoods of Northwest and Northgate compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 1,225 crimes across them, 14.0 for every 1,000 residents. That is 11.0% below a year earlier and 31.9% below Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

North Beach/Blue Ridge has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (3.1 per 1,000), followed by Broadview (5.6) and Maple Leaf (11.3). Haller Lake has the highest (23.0).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 9 SEATTLE NORTHWEST AND NORTHGATE 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

Northwest and Northgate in Seattle. Seattle is the most populous city in Washington and the county seat of King County. Northwest and Northgate spans north Seattle, from Broadview, a mostly residential neighborhood at the city's northwestern corner beside Puget Sound, to Pinehurst in the Northgate area.

Notable neighborhoods in Northwest and Northgate include:

Bitter Lake and Haller Lake. Bitter Lake is named for its most notable feature, the lake itself. The area was mostly forest until development picked up when the Interurban streetcar reached the lake in 1906. A sawmill operated there until 1913, when most of the trees had been cut down. Haller Lake is named for Theodore N. Haller, who platted the neighborhood in 1905. His father, Granville O. Haller, was an early Seattle settler and army officer.

Greenwood and Licton Springs. Greenwood is a neighborhood in north central Seattle. Its commercial center is the intersection of Greenwood Avenue North and North 85th Street, and it is known for bars, restaurants, coffee houses, theatres and specialty stores. Licton Springs, also called North College Park, lies in the informal Northgate district of North Seattle, with Interstate 5 along its eastern edge and Aurora Avenue North to the west.

Lowest rate (everyday)

North Beach/Blue Ridge

3.1 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Haller Lake

23.0 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

14.0 per 1,000

11.0% below a year earlier · down

31.9% below Q1 2022

Compared

9 neighborhoods

87,238 residents · 18 quarters

Seattle Northwest and Northgate 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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Northgate LINK Platforms, Maple Leaf — **Maple Leaf** · Northgate LINK Platforms
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Seattle - Bob's Holman Road Grocery, 1959, Greenwood — **Greenwood** · Seattle - Bob's Holman Road Grocery, 1959
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Pinehurst LINK Platforms, Pinehurst — **Pinehurst** · Pinehurst LINK Platforms
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Traffic Calming Cushion on North 92nd Street, Seattle, WA, US, Licton Springs — **Licton Springs** · Traffic Calming Cushion on North 92nd Street, Seattle, WA, US
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Seattle - Adams Elementary School, 1970s, Ballard — **Ballard** · Seattle - Adams Elementary School, 1970s
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Seattle - Fremont Avenue Near 43rd Street, 1970s, Fremont — **Fremont** · Seattle - Fremont Avenue Near 43rd Street, 1970s
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Seattle - Gregg's Green Lake Cycle, 1989, Green Lake — **Green Lake** · Seattle - Gregg's Green Lake Cycle, 1989
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