Seattle incident report history
Police calls, crime reports and fire responses for Seattle, by SPD neighborhood, week by week and month by month, with every past weekly summary.
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Week by week
Commercial burglary
calls109 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026up 20%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 91 the week before
Burglary
calls218 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026up 9%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 200 the week before
Burglary
reports183 reports in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 1%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 185 the week before
Shoplifting
calls173 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 1%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 174 the week before
Shoplifting
reports36 reports in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 60%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 91 the week before
Theft from buildings
reports49 reports in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 53%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 105 the week before
Vandalism
calls114 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 16%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 136 the week before
Vandalism
reports150 reports in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 4%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 157 the week before
Trespass / prowler
calls456 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026up 7%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 428 the week before
Trespass / prowler
reports25 reports in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 4%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 26 the week before
Commercial alarms
calls45 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 35%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 69 the week before
Suspicious activity at buildings
calls72 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026up 7%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 67 the week before
Building fires
calls6 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 8 the week before
Dumpster & rubbish fires
calls26 calls in the week of Sep 28, 2026down 19%
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 · vs 32 the week before
Month by month
| Month | Commercial burglarycalls | Burglarycalls | Burglaryreports | Shopliftingcalls | Shopliftingreports | Theft from buildingsreports | Vandalismcalls | Vandalismreports | Trespass / prowlercalls | Trespass / prowlerreports | Commercial alarmscalls | Suspicious activity at buildingscalls | Building firescalls | Dumpster & rubbish firescalls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 57Oct 1–4 | 106Oct 1–4 | 153Oct 1–8 | 84Oct 1–4 | 42Oct 1–8 | 31Oct 1–8 | 67Oct 1–4 | 128Oct 1–8 | 295Oct 1–4 | 32Oct 1–8 | 21Oct 1–4 | 40Oct 1–4 | 11Oct 1–9 | 44Oct 1–9 |
| September 2026 | 143Sep 21–30 | 312Sep 21–30 | 304Sep 21–30 | 263Sep 21–30 | 111Sep 21–30 | 136Sep 21–30 | 183Sep 21–30 | 234Sep 21–30 | 589Sep 21–30 | 35Sep 21–30 | 93Sep 21–30 | 99Sep 21–30 | 10Sep 21–30 | 36Sep 21–30 |
Past weekly summaries
LatestData through · published
Seattle theft-from-building reports drop 70%, dumpster fires rise 48%
Seattle Police Department reports for Oct 2–Oct 8, 2026 show theft from buildings down 70% (23 vs 77) and burglary down 47% (123 vs 233) against the prior week. Seattle Fire Department calls show dumpster and rubbish fires up 48% (34 vs 23), with building fires at 8 vs 6. In SPD's separate call window, Sep 27–Oct 3, commercial burglary calls rose 50% (114 vs 76) and suspicious activity at buildings calls rose 55% (87 vs 56).
The report figures and the call figures cover different windows, and commercial burglary calls still rose 50%. For retail, office, industrial and construction sites, the after-hours access, alarm and fire-call pattern points to security patrol rounds and AI camera monitoring around closed hours, with posted responder presence where suspicious-activity calls repeat.
Capitol Hill recorded 29 tracked records, ahead of Northgate at 18 and Queen Anne at 17. In local news, Seattle City Light restored 80 West Seattle Bridge lights after copper wire theft, and an unauthorized encampment was cleaned up following an emergency order.
Data sources
| Agency | Dataset | Type | Updates | Data through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Fire Department | Real-time 911 dispatch (opens in a new tab) | calls | Daily | |
| Seattle Police Department | Crime data (opens in a new tab) | reports | Daily | |
| Seattle Police Department | Call data (opens in a new tab) | calls | Daily |
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