🚔 Seattle Crime Data Scraper

🚀 Export Seattle Police Department NIBRS crime incident records: offense category, location, date, beat, precinct, and crime classification.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-25 · 📊 23 fields per record · 🚔 SPD · 2008-present · All SPD-reported incidents, 5 precincts

The Seattle Crime Data Scraper extracts records from the Seattle Police Department open crime dataset on data.seattle.gov. Each record includes report number, report and offense date/time, NIBRS group (A/B), crime-against category, offense sub-category, block address, lat/lon, beat, precinct, sector, neighborhood, reporting area, offense category and offense - exported as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

The scraper supports filtering by SPD precinct (North, East, South, West, Southwest) and offense category. Coverage spans every NIBRS-reported incident from 2008 to present.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Journalists, researchers, public-safety analysts, insurance modelers, civic-tech	Crime-trend analysis, neighborhood safety, insurance modeling, civic reporting

📋 What the Seattle Crime Data Scraper does

• Connects to the official Seattle Police Department Crime Data dataset.
• Paginates through every record matching your filters.
• Normalises each record into a flat, analysis-ready row.
• Exports as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML - directly from your Apify dataset.
• Refreshes on demand or on schedule (hourly, daily, weekly).

💡 Why it matters: stop copy-pasting from a portal that paginates 100 records at a time. One click, full dataset, your format.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Max incidents. Free: 10. Paid: up to 1,000,000.
precinct	string	SPD precinct (North, East, South, West, Southwest).
category	string	Offense category filter (e.g. PROPERTY CRIME).

Example 1 - South precinct incidents

{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "precinct": "South"
}

Example 2 - Property crimes citywide

{
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "category": "PROPERTY CRIME"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: free users are capped at 10 records per run as a preview. Upgrade to any paid plan to unlock full exports (up to 1,000,000 records). Data is collected directly from the official public source - no login or API key required.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🖼 imageUrl	string	Always null
📌 title	string	Offense name
🔗 url	string	Source dataset URL
🆔 id	string	Report number
📋 report_number	string	SPD report number
📅 report_date_time	string	Report date/time
🔢 offense_id	string	Offense ID
📅 offense_date	string	Offense date/time
🔤 nibrs_group_a_b	string	NIBRS group A or B
🏷 nibrs_crime_against_category	string	Crime-against category
🏷 offense_sub_category	string	Sub-category
📍 block_address	string	Block address
📍 latitude	number	Latitude
📍 longitude	number	Longitude
🔢 beat	string	SPD beat
🗺 precinct	string	SPD precinct
🔤 sector	string	Patrol sector
🏘 neighborhood	string	Neighborhood
🔢 reporting_area	string	Reporting area
🏷 offense_category	string	Offense category
🚨 offense	string	Offense name
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO scrape timestamp
❌ error	string	Populated on failure

Sample record (real run output):

{
  "title": "All Other Larceny",
  "url": "https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/SPD-Crime-Data-2008-Present/tazs-3rd5",
  "id": "2026-146274",
  "report_number": "2026-146274",
  "report_date_time": "2026-05-24T22:04:38.000",
  "offense_id": "70659374666",
  "offense_date": "2026-05-24T20:58:00.000",
  "nibrs_group_a_b": "A",
  "nibrs_crime_against_category": "PROPERTY",
  "offense_sub_category": "LARCENY-THEFT",
  "block_address": "46XX BLOCK OF S VICTOR ST",
  "latitude": 47.51020497,
  "longitude": -122.274629635522,
  "beat": "S3",
  "precinct": "South",
  "sector": "S",
  "reporting_area": "7019",
  "offense_category": "PROPERTY CRIME",
  "offense": "All Other Larceny",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-25T22:26:14.406Z",
  "error": null
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

✅	What you get
🎯	Direct extraction from the official Seattle Police Department Crime Data portal
📊	23 normalised fields per record
⚡	Run on-demand or on schedule
📁	CSV, Excel, JSON, XML - your choice
🔌	Integrates with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, Google Drive
🆓	Free preview (10 records) - no credit card
🌍	Public data only - no login or API key required
🚀	Maintained and updated as the source schema evolves

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Speed	Maintenance	Cost	Export formats
Copy-paste from portal	🐌 Hours	🛠 High	Free	Limited
Build your own scraper	🐢 Days	🛠 Ongoing	Dev time	DIY
Generic SaaS scraper	🚶 Slow	🛠 Manual config	$$$	Generic
This Actor	🚀 Minutes	✅ Maintained	💸 From free	CSV / Excel / JSON / XML

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 credit - no credit card required.
2. Open the Seattle Crime Data Scraper page in Apify Store and click Try for free.
3. Configure the input (see Input section above).
4. Click Start - the run will produce a downloadable dataset.
5. Export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or stream to your destination via integrations.

💼 Business use cases

Lead generation & sales

🎯	Example
📞	Build target lists filtered by category, region, or status
🧠	Enrich CRM records with up-to-date public attributes

Compliance & risk

🎯	Example
🔍	Continuous monitoring of changes in official records
📋	Audit-trail-friendly exports for compliance teams

Market research

🎯	Example
📊	Track market dynamics over time
🌍	Benchmark across regions, categories, or operators

Operations & automation

🎯	Example
🔄	Schedule recurring pulls and pipe straight into your BI tool
🚨	Alert on threshold or status changes

🔌 Automating Seattle Crime Data Scraper

• Make - receive new records into a scenario and route them anywhere.
• Zapier - trigger on new dataset rows and push to 6,000+ apps.
• Slack - post fresh records into a channel for the team.
• Airbyte - sync the dataset into your warehouse (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Postgres).
• GitHub - store snapshots in a repo for diffing over time.
• Google Drive / Sheets - auto-append rows to a spreadsheet.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

• Academic studies on Seattle Police Department Crime Data trends, distributions and outliers.

Personal projects

• Hobbyist data viz, dashboards, blog posts and side-projects.

Non-profit

• Open-data journalism, transparency audits, civic-tech tools.

Experimentation

• Train ML models on a clean, structured slice of public data.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Perplexity
• Microsoft Copilot

Paste this README into any of them and ask: "How would I use the Seattle Crime Data Scraper to solve X?"

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Is the data accurate?

Yes - the scraper pulls directly from the official Seattle Police Department Crime Data public dataset. Accuracy mirrors the source.

❓ Do I need an API key or login?

No. Everything is public data. Just run the actor.

❓ How fresh is the data?

Each run fetches the latest available records from data.seattle.gov at request time.

❓ How many records can I export?

Free users: 10 (preview). Paid users: up to 1,000,000 per run.

❓ Can I export to Excel?

Yes - choose CSV, Excel, JSON or XML on the dataset page.

❓ Can I schedule recurring runs?

Yes - Apify Schedules supports hourly/daily/weekly/cron. Pair with integrations for auto-delivery.

❓ Is this affiliated with Seattle Police Department Crime Data?

No. This is an independent tool that exposes publicly available data via a structured interface.

❓ What happens if the source goes down?

The actor surfaces a clean error record. Re-run when the source is back up.

❓ Can I filter the output?

Yes - the input section above lists every supported filter, exposed as a typed input field.

❓ Can I use it for commercial purposes?

Yes, subject to the source dataset's terms of use. Always review the original publisher's license.

❓ Where can I get help?

Open our contact form - we usually respond within one business day.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make · Zapier · Slack · Airbyte · GitHub · Google Drive · Google Sheets · BigQuery · Snowflake · Redshift · Postgres · MySQL · MongoDB · Kafka · Webhooks · REST API.

🔗 Recommended Actors

Actor	What it does
OurAirports Global Airport Database Scraper	Worldwide airport reference dataset
FINRA BrokerCheck Scraper	US broker & advisor licensing records
FAA Aircraft Registry Scraper	US civil aircraft registration records
SEC EDGAR Filings Scraper	Public company filings & financials

💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for 50+ data-export actors.

🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Seattle Police Department Crime Data. It only collects publicly available data published by the source. Always review the source's terms of use before commercial deployment.