SeaTac, WA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In SeaTac, WA Summary

Crime in SeaTac research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in SeaTac over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in SeaTac:

  • There were 1,764 total crimes committed in SeaTac the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,840.5 total crimes per 100K people in SeaTac.
  • The overall crime rate in SeaTac is 151.29% above the national average.
  • SeaTac ranks #155 safest out of 177 cities in Washington.
  • SeaTac ranks #9,580 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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SeaTac Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in SeaTac is 5,840.5 per 100,000 people. That's 151.29% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 93.00% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 3,026.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
SeaTac
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,764 5,840.5 3,026.1 2,324.2
Murder 2 6.6 3.9 6.3
Robbery 53 175.5 67.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 103 341.0 187.6 268.2
Violent Crime 191 632.4 293.7 369.8
Burglary 140 463.5 522.1 269.8
Larceny 900 2,979.8 1,854.2 1,401.9
Car Theft 533 1,764.7 356.1 282.7
Property Crime 1,573 5,208.1 2,732.4 1,954.4

SeaTac Crime Compared To Washington Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Washington.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In SeaTac

191
Violent Crimes
632.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
71.01%
Above The National Average
  • There were 191 violent crimes in SeaTac in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in SeaTac is 632.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 158.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in SeaTac each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 71.01% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 115.32% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In SeaTac

1,573
Property Crimes
5,208.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
166.48%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,573 property crimes in SeaTac in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in SeaTac is 5,208.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 19.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in SeaTac each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 166.48% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 90.60% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,732.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around SeaTac

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tacoma, WA 219,027 22,230 10,149.4 8,539.6 1,609.8
Kent, WA 133,066 7,967 5,987.3 5,528.1 459.2
Renton, WA 103,619 5,178 4,997.2 4,628.5 368.7
Burien, WA 50,159 2,312 4,609.3 4,112.9 496.4
Puyallup, WA 42,580 3,257 7,649.1 7,268.7 380.5
Des Moines, WA 32,541 1,235 3,795.2 3,491.0 304.2
Bainbridge Island, WA 24,336 363 1,491.6 1,397.1 94.5
Tukwila, WA 21,473 4,459 20,765.6 19,992.5 773.1
Port Orchard, WA 16,351 1,027 6,281.0 5,840.6 440.3
Gig Harbor, WA 12,301 776 6,308.4 6,064.5 243.9

Seatac SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
6
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