Pioneer Square’s neighborhood blog, The New Pioneer Square released an intriguing post yesterday, stating that the Seattle Police Department reports Pioneer Square’s major crime statistics to be comparable to those of Wallingford and Fremont:
According to the Seattle Police Department, the Pioneer Square “west” neighborhood, which includes everything west of 2nd Avenue Extension (not including my side of the street) is on par with North Lake Union (Fremont/Wallingford) in terms of “major crimes” – 630-1718 total incidents per square mile, and is generally lower than the rest of downtown Seattle, which ranges from 1736-7876 total incidents psm.
Major crimes include Murder, Rape, Assault, Robbery, Burglary, Larceny/Auto theft.
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Very interesting. I’d LOVE to see a version of this story with Wallingford’s statistics broken down.
Hm. “Fremont/Wallingford” is pretty different from “Wallingford.”
That’s like saying we don’t need to brush our teeth because we don’t have tooth cancer.
I’m not sure if that speaks well for Pioneer Square or poorly for Walingford/Fremont or both? Agree with K that it’d be good to see a breakdown of the data.
That’s quite a range: 630 to 1718 incidents per square mile. If one area – Wallingford, say – was at the low end of that range, and another area – Pioneer Square? – at the high end, then they are “similar” when the rate in one is almost *triple* the other one!
– rob
hummm……Indeed, the comparison of Wallingford/Fremont to Pioneer Square (in terms of crime rate) is “interesting” & frankly, its rediculous! Could this comment in any way be tied to & in support of Seattle City Attorney, Pete Holm’s, push to stagger the closing times for bars!? While I myself am not a drinker, I have lived & worked in both Wallingford & Pioneer Square and in my opinion the two neighborhoods are night and day.
Remember, this is Pioneer Square ‘West’ they are reporting on. West of 2nd. It doesn’t include the areas typically though of as Pioneer Square.
I have a hard time reconciling these figures with the antics of post-Seahawks game crowds.