20. Seattle
According to AH Datalytics, a criminal justice consulting organization, the number of homicides in Seattle decreased by 36% in the first three months of 2024, to nine, compared to 14 in the same period in 2023.
Detective Brian Pritchard, a spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department, told Axios that as of April 9, the city had 12 homicides, compared to 19 in the same period in 2023. Pritchard claimed there were 73 killings in 2023. The SPD crime dashboard reported 36 homicides in 2019 and 53 in 2020.
