Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.

Seattle is showing encouraging crime statistics as violent crime in the heart of the city has fallen to its lowest summer level since 2017, according to the data from the Downtown Seattle Association ...

Year-end data for 2025 shows there was a 15% year-over-year drop in violent crime in Seattle's downtown core. The numbers ...

Seattle has a unique resource for understanding the public’s concerns and perceptions about crime, safety and policing. Over the past decade, Seattle University’s annual Seattle Public Safety Survey ...

Crime rates dropped across much of the United States in 2025, spanning both property and violent crime throughout big cities and small towns across the nation. Still, behind the broader national ...