SeaTac, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in SeaTac:

  • There were 1,391 total crimes committed in SeaTac in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,353.7 total crimes per 100K people in SeaTac.
  • The overall crime rate in SeaTac is 105.44% above the national average.
  • SeaTac ranks #156 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • SeaTac ranks #9,404 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live 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 4,353.7 per 100,000 people. That's 105.44% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 55.90% higher than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
SeaTac
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,391 4,353.7 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 6.3 3.8 5.0
Robbery 41 128.3 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 62 194.1 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 131 410.0 326.1 359.0
Burglary 169 529.0 398.8 229.0
Larceny 660 2,065.7 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 431 1,349.0 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,260 3,943.7 2,466.5 1,760.0

SeaTac Crime Compared To Washington Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Washington.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In SeaTac

131
Violent Crimes
410.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
14.21%
Above The National Average
  • There were 131 violent crimes in SeaTac in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in SeaTac is 410.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 243.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in SeaTac each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 14.21% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 25.74% higher than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In SeaTac

1,260
Property Crimes
3,943.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
124.07%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,260 property crimes in SeaTac in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in SeaTac is 3,943.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 25.4 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 124.07% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 59.89% higher than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 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 223,980 14,932 6,666.7 5,603.6 1,063.0
Kent, WA 132,324 5,638 4,260.8 3,771.0 489.7
Renton, WA 103,762 3,790 3,652.6 3,313.4 339.2
Burien, WA 50,318 1,922 3,819.7 3,394.4 425.3
Puyallup, WA 41,898 1,778 4,243.6 3,868.9 374.7
Des Moines, WA 31,694 997 3,145.7 2,849.1 296.6
Bainbridge Island, WA 24,063 238 989.1 951.7 37.4
Tukwila, WA 20,933 3,385 16,170.6 15,243.9 926.8
Port Orchard, WA 18,806 618 3,286.2 2,898.0 388.2
Gig Harbor, WA 12,785 405 3,167.8 2,964.4 203.4

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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