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Originally Posted by lkagele
Don't mind you promoting your business but think you should check your facts before posting. The City of Seattle is NOT one of the safest cities in the US. It suffers from poor leadership that has resulted in a meaningful reduction in law enforcement officers. Its homeless population is large with encampments throughout the city. Crime continues to rise and plague the area.
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Has crime ridden is Seattle? You can compare crime rates of cities
at this website. It claims to be using 2021 FBI rates but it really is using 2020 data released in 2021. This is the most recent reported national data available. The homicide rate in King's county thru the end of Sep 2021 is the same as it was in 2020.
An article looking at crime in Seattle just published reports that violent and property crimes are lower in 2021 than they were in 2020. You can also look at the raw data reported by the police department for all recent years.
HERE Image below shows 2019 - 2021. There is no crime surge in Seattle.
2021 Compare Crime Rates: Seattle, WA vs Ocala, FL and the rate of violent crime in Seattle is lower than Ocala Florida, property crime a bit higher.
Yes homelessness is a major problem in Seattle, as it is in the Ocala forest.
Are there areas of Seattle best avoided by the casual tourist. Of course. Are homeless camps a concern, yes. But the attacks on the OP for suggesting that she is sending cruisers into a dangerous location are completely unjustified. Do your own comparison to other cruise ports. Is Seattle more a concern that Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Baltimore, NYC, New Orleans, Los Angeles?? Could I find a news story for any city, or even the Villages on this website, asking for more police protection?