Residents in a troubled Seattle neighborhood have begun erecting large homemade barricades across residential streets after a ...

Seattle police reported a significant drop in violent crime in 2025, including a 36% reduction in homicides. The announcement came days after two Rainier Beach High School students were shot and ...

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The dissonance could not have been more stark. Just days after the killings of two teenagers in Rainier Beach left the community devastated and heartbroken, Seattle police Chief Shon Barnes announced ...

(The Center Square) – The timing of Seattle Police Department Chief Shon Barnes' first Year in Review address touting dropping crime rates could be considered unfortunate, coming in the aftermath of ...

SEATTLE — Crime in King County dropped sharply in 2025 compared with the year before, according to new numbers from the King County Sheriff’s Office crime analysis unit. Overall, the Sheriff’s Office ...

The rape suspect didn’t know police were watching. Earlier this year, a Seattle officer took a report of forcible rape and kept returning to the neighborhood, hoping the suspect’s vehicle might show ...

SEATTLE — Violent crime is declining in downtown Seattle to its lowest level since 2017, with the exception of the pandemic. That's according to new data highlighted Wednesday night at the annual ...