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Belltown.

Population 11,948. Citywide rates use Census Bureau estimates for Seattle city. Neighborhood rates use a fixed 2020 Census allocation. One of 58 Seattle neighborhoods. About the rates →

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ASSAULT · 2025

261incidents

vs. 2024▲ 6.5%

vs. 10-yr avg▲ 9.7%

vs. Seattle (rate)▲ 122%

§ 01 · Trend · Belltown

Assault count, by reported year

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Assault · Belltown

counts · 2016 – 2025 · 10 reported years

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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.

Belltown assault yearly trend · incident counts · 2016–2025
Year	Belltown
2016	0
2017	223
2018	229
2019	291
2020	266
2021	293
2022	280
2023	292
2024	245
2025	261

Categories in scope · small multiples

Selected window · 2016 – 2025

Assault

261

'16▲ +261small base'25

Auto Theft

'16▲ +91small base'25

Burglary

264

'16▲ +256small base'25

Robbery

'16▲ +51small base'25

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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.

Belltown category trends · incident counts · 2016–2025
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2016	0	1	8	0
2017	223	36	189	41
2018	229	28	154	25
2019	291	28	213	45
2020	266	25	330	42
2021	293	58	306	36
2022	280	78	260	47
2023	292	74	195	41
2024	245	78	224	44
2025	261	92	264	51

Where it sits in Seattle

How Belltown compares with nearby neighborhoods

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Area belltown · POP 11,948

Map: Seattle Police Department Micro Community Policing Plan neighborhoods · 2020 Census population. This city does not yet have a packaged street map.

Neighborhood	Area	Population	Assault count	2025 count	'16 → '25
Seattle · city-wide	—	784,777	7,712	7,712	▼ 0%
Belltown ◀	belltown	11,948	261	261	▲ +261 small base
Downtown Commercial	downtown-commercial	7,691	555	555	▲ +551 small base
SLU/Cascade	slu-cascade	26,191	414	414	▲ +412 small base
Pioneer Square	pioneer-square	1,614	252	252	▲ +250 small base
First Hill	first-hill	19,756	426	426	▲ +423 small base
Queen Anne	queen-anne	48,985	294	294	▲ +294 small base
Chinatown/International District	chinatown-international-district	4,695	368	368	▲ +368 small base
Capitol Hill	capitol-hill	30,424	677	677	▲ +673 small base
Eastlake - East	eastlake-east	1,140	6	6	▲ +6 small base

Data summary for Belltown

Belltown: rate per 10,000 residents by category, 2016–2025. A dash means unavailable.
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2016	0.0	0.8	6.7	0.0
2017	186.6	30.1	158.2	34.3
2018	191.7	23.4	128.9	20.9
2019	243.6	23.4	178.3	37.7
2020	222.6	20.9	276.2	35.1
2021	245.2	48.5	256.1	30.1
2022	234.3	65.3	217.6	39.3
2023	244.4	61.9	163.2	34.3
2024	205.1	65.3	187.5	36.8
2025	218.4	77.0	221.0	42.7