Writer/Visual: Ian C
Data Resources: Seattle Police Department
Since the beginning of 2023, several crimes have been happening in Seattle, such as robbery and gunshots. To protect ourselves, the best way to face this situation is to get familiar with these crime cases and their status in our neighborhood.
From 2018 to 2022, the average number of criminal cases is around 44351. In 2022, the number of crime cases peaked in the last 5 years. Compared to 2021, crime increased by around FOUR percent in 2022.
From the crime maps, the number of crime areas has increased over the past five years, with Queen Anne showing a more noticeable increase. Collectively, Downtown Commercial, Queen Anne, Northgate, and Capital Hill are the four areas with the highest number of crimes.
In addition, when we look into the number of gun-related crimes in the last five years, 2022 is the highest number of years. the number of Fatal Injuries even came to 39. What's even worse, these statistics may be less than the actual situation.
"Because they felt like officers were gonna take too long to get there," Adrian Diaz, Seattle Police Chief, said at a recent press conference, "And so it's been my encouragement to people — we can't address these issues if we don't know all the issues that are going on."
However, Diaz remains optimistic about this. "People are starting to feel safer on the streets we have a long road ahead and we have to make sure we don't lose sight of what we are trying to do...Treat people equitably, serving people and going out with the whole mindset of really making sure we are providing public safety." Diaz said in an interview with KOMO News on February 7th.
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Now we have a general idea of what crime has been like in Seattle over the last five years. What are some of the other ways we can be safer? Here are some apps and websites that might help you to be aware of crime cases happening near you.
Citizen- A personal safety network app that empowers you to protect yourself and the people and places you care about. It shows the timely crime cases nears you and notify you when you or your friends are near the crime scene.
Seattle Police Department Data Maps- The online map by Seattle Government provides two ways to of viewing crimes mapped online. One shows the calls for service in last 24 hours. The other shows crime reports over the past 7 days.
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