Ballard area makes Seattle PI’s list of top 50 Seattle neighborhoods burglars like best

Over the weekend, Seattle PI released a slideshow of the 50 Seattle neighborhoods with the most residential burglaries reported in the past five years. Although Ballard was not in the number one spot, that position was filled by a Laurelhurst/View Ridge-neighborhood beat that saw 722 residential burglaries reported in the past five years, many local beats were featured.

“In the past five years, Seattle police have received more than 21,000 reports of residential burglaries,” writes Seattle PI columnist Levi Pulkkinen. “They simply show the number of reports, not whether the crimes reported actually occurred,” Pulkkinen continues. According to the article, the statistics used to compile the report come directly from SPD.

How does the Ballard area fare in the top 50? Check out the list below and match it with the beats in the above precinct map from SPD.

• 35. N2: This Greenwood-neighborhood beat saw 225 residential burglaries reported in the past five years.
• 33. N3: This Northgate-neighborhood beat saw 252 residential burglaries reported in the past five years.
• 31. J2: This Ballard beat (Ballard Ave, industrial area of Ballard, Frelard) saw 268 residential burglaries reported in the past five years.
• 30 B2: This Ballard beat (Central Ballard, Sunset Hill) saw 274 residential burglaries reported in the past five years.
• 21. B3: This Ballard beat (East Ballard) saw 346 residential burglaries reported in the past five years.
• 5. B1: This Northwest Seattle beat (Crown Hill, Loyal Heights and Blue Ridge) saw 551 residential burglaries reported in the past five years.