Year-end data for 2025 shows there was a 15% year-over-year drop in violent crime in Seattle's downtown core. The numbers from the city's crime dashboard reported fewer aggravated assaults and robberies, which accounted for the decrease. At the same time, initial projections from the Downtown Seattle Association reported improvements in visitor numbers, with around 920,000 local visitors—considered as people living within 10 miles of downtown—came to the downtown in December 2025, marking a 3% i

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