Neighborhood overview
Montlake/portage Bay, Seattle
Recent police-feed safety data for Montlake/portage Bay in Seattle, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Seattle police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Montlake/portage Bay reports lower per-capita rates than Seattle citywide.
Violent (persons)
80 / 100k local
vs Seattle 630 / 100k citywide (-87%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (-76%)
Property
2,232 / 100k local
vs Seattle 4,768 / 100k citywide (-53%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+44%)
~13,019 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~245 days · newest report 5/22/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Recent activity (36 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in evening (6pm–12am) (31% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports flat week-over-week (1 this week, 1 the week before).
- · property reports down 4 week-over-week (2 this week, 6 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports down 6 week-over-week (1 this week, 7 the week before).
- · Most reports in Montlake/portage Bay occur during evening (6pm-12am) — 31% of the past 30 days landed in that window.
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.