As a REALTOR®, I am occasionally asked about how “safe” it is to live in West Seattle. Safety is a relative term. One person’s cozy den is another’s den of vipers. While I have personally never felt unsafe living in West Seattle, I’m sure there are others who might have. So, putting subjective feelings aside, I thought I’d let the numbers speak for themselves.
Below are the crime statistics for the Seattle metropolitan area from 2008. This will help put West Seattle’s crime numbers in a broader context. The images are from the Neighborhood Map page on the Seattle.gov web site.
Please visit their site to see how last year’s crime rates measure to this year. There’s a lot of other great information there too.
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