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First Hill.

Population 19,756. 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

426incidents

vs. 2024▼ 1.2%

vs. 10-yr avg▲ 12.5%

vs. Seattle (rate)▲ 119%

§ 01 · Trend · First Hill

Assault count, by reported year

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Assault · First Hill

counts · 2016 – 2025 · 10 reported years

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First Hill assault yearly trend · incident counts · 2016–2025
Year	First Hill
2016	3
2017	356
2018	434
2019	524
2020	359
2021	398
2022	401
2023	454
2024	431
2025	426

Categories in scope · small multiples

Selected window · 2016 – 2025

Assault

426

'16▲ +423small base'25

Auto Theft

178

'16▲ +178small base'25

Burglary

372

'16▲ 3000%'25

Robbery

'16▲ +49small base'25

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

First Hill category trends · incident counts · 2016–2025
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2016	3	0	12	0
2017	356	61	262	34
2018	434	77	207	36
2019	524	80	300	44
2020	359	129	386	35
2021	398	144	411	56
2022	401	183	307	51
2023	454	233	368	60
2024	431	209	407	52
2025	426	178	372	49

Where it sits in Seattle

How First Hill compares with nearby neighborhoods

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First Hill

Area first-hill · POP 19,756

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%
First Hill ◀	first-hill	19,756	426	426	▲ +423 small base
Downtown Commercial	downtown-commercial	7,691	555	555	▲ +551 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
Pioneer Square	pioneer-square	1,614	252	252	▲ +250 small base
SLU/Cascade	slu-cascade	26,191	414	414	▲ +412 small base
Judkins Park/North Beacon Hill	judkins-park-north-beacon-hill	5,653	104	104	▲ +103 small base
Eastlake - East	eastlake-east	1,140	6	6	▲ +6 small base
Belltown	belltown	11,948	261	261	▲ +261 small base

Data summary for First Hill

First Hill: rate per 10,000 residents by category, 2016–2025. A dash means unavailable.
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2016	1.5	0.0	6.1	0.0
2017	180.2	30.9	132.6	17.2
2018	219.7	39.0	104.8	18.2
2019	265.2	40.5	151.8	22.3
2020	181.7	65.3	195.4	17.7
2021	201.5	72.9	208.0	28.4
2022	203.0	92.6	155.4	25.8
2023	229.8	117.9	186.3	30.4
2024	218.2	105.8	206.0	26.3
2025	215.6	90.1	188.3	24.8