Seattle, Washington · Neighborhood crime trends

Seattle Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia, 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 Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia averaged 16.1, hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 8 neighborhoods of Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 1,092 crimes across them, 16.1 for every 1,000 residents. That is 21.6% above a year earlier and 16.8% below Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Briarcliff has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (4.4 per 1,000), followed by Lawton Park (6.9) and North Queen Anne (8.5). Lower Queen Anne has the highest (35.7).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 8 SEATTLE QUEEN ANNE INTERBAY AND MAGNOLIA 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

Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia in Seattle. Seattle is the most populous city in Washington and the county seat of King County. Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia lies in northwestern Seattle. It takes in Queen Anne Hill, the Interbay valley, and Magnolia, a hilly headland overlooking Puget Sound. The area includes shopping, office, and residential districts and much of Discovery Park.

Notable neighborhoods in Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia include:

Lower Queen Anne and Interbay. Lower Queen Anne sits at the base of Queen Anne Hill. The name usually refers to the shopping, office, and residential districts north and west of Seattle Center. A steep stretch of Queen Anne Avenue N., the Counterbalance, links it to the top of the hill and recalls the cable cars that once ran there. Interbay is the valley between Queen Anne Hill and Magnolia, with filled-in areas of Smith Cove and Salmon Bay. The Ballard Bridge crosses the ship canal from Interbay to Ballard.

Briarcliff and Southeast Magnolia. Briarcliff lies on the west side of Magnolia, south of Discovery Park, according to the city's Department of Neighborhoods. The park was formerly the U.S. Army's Fort Lawton. Southeast Magnolia is part of Magnolia, which has been part of Seattle since 1891 and lies northwest of downtown.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Briarcliff

4.4 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Lower Queen Anne

35.7 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

16.1 per 1,000

21.6% above a year earlier · down

16.8% below Q1 2022

Compared

8 neighborhoods

67,738 residents · 18 quarters

Seattle Queen Anne Interbay and Magnolia 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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Aurora Over House in Seattle, Briarcliff — **Briarcliff** · Aurora Over House in Seattle
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House at West Point at Dusk, Lawton Park — **Lawton Park** · House at West Point at Dusk
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Seattle - Street Stairway Off 15th Avenue W. and W. Armour St., Circa 2010, North Queen Anne — **North Queen Anne** · Seattle - Street Stairway Off 15th Avenue W. and W. Armour St., Circa 2010
Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

View West Across Smith Cove to Magnolia, 1903, West Queen Anne — **West Queen Anne** · View West Across Smith Cove to Magnolia, 1903
Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Seattle - 116 Smith St 01, East Queen Anne — **East Queen Anne** · Seattle - 116 Smith St 01
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Kerry Park (Unsplash), Lower Queen Anne — **Lower Queen Anne** · Kerry Park (Unsplash)
Photo: Zhifei Zhou phoebezzf, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Building, Circa 2019, Interbay — **Interbay** · Seattle Post-Intelligencer Building, Circa 2019
Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons