More crimes per resident are recorded in SeaTac than in 91% of U.S. towns
Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes SeaTac’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #110 of 130 graded towns in Washington. By contrast, each year brought 3.7 violent crimes and 36.0 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (4.0 and 32.0 in the rest of Washington). The crimes the grade counts fell 61% per resident from 2023 to 2025. It has more violent crime than 80% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 95%.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WA” is every other Washington city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in SeaTac
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Washington towns on SeaTac’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Des Moines (C−), Burien (D), Kent (D), Tukwila (D−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
SeaTac has 40,916 jobs based in town for 34,578 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind SeaTac’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | SeaTac property | Rest of Washington property | SeaTac violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 52.1 | 43.6 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 52.0 | 37.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 39.4 | 32.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 19.0 | 25.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Washington.
Crime in SeaTac per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | SeaTac | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
SeaTac’s police reported 359 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
761 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
102 violent and 659 property, as reported to the FBI by SeaTac’s police.
21 people died in crashes on SeaTac’s roads in 2019–2023
SeaTac had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 8 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 13.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Washington towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.0, 43 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
SeaTac and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaTac | D | 3.7 | 36.0 |
| Tukwila | D− | 7.7 | 143.0 |
| Kent | D | 4.4 | 36.4 |
| Burien | D | 4.0 | 32.1 |
| Des Moines | C− | 2.8 | 28.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaTac | D | 3.7 | 36.0 |
| Pullman | B | 1.6 | 8.6 |
| Mount Vernon | C+ | 1.7 | 17.7 |
| University Place | C | 2.4 | 20.3 |
| Walla Walla | C− | 3.4 | 20.7 |
| Wenatchee | C− | 2.7 | 24.9 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to SeaTac’s population (34,578), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of SeaTac. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against SeaTac’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,719 in 2025); our figure for SeaTac is 34,578 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in SeaTac
Is SeaTac, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, SeaTac reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #110 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 3.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in SeaTac?
3.7 violent and 36.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.0 and 32.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in SeaTac in 2025?
SeaTac’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is SeaTac safer than Tukwila?
Tukwila reports more crime per resident than SeaTac: Tukwila grades D− for safety and SeaTac D. Tukwila’s police reported 7.7 violent and 143.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices SeaTac?
SeaTac’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “SeaTac”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.