Homeless encampments & 311 reports in Broadview/Bitter Lake, Seattle

Broadview/Bitter Lake is one of Seattle's 53 Community Reporting Areas, with about 15,699 residents across 2.3 sq mi.

Broadview/Bitter Lake has 32 currently-open homeless encampment reports filed with Seattle's 311 system — the #38 highest of Seattle's 53 neighborhoods. 1.5% of Broadview/Bitter Lake's blocks have at least one active encampment report — well below the 4.1% citywide average.

32
Active encampments
2068
Encampment reports, last year
2%
Blocks with active encampments

How Broadview/Bitter Lake compares

Open encampment reports · % of blocks affected, ranked against other Seattle neighborhoods.

2% of 454 blocks in Broadview/Bitter Lake have at least one open encampment report
Average impact Ranked #38 of 53 Seattle neighborhoods · citywide average 4.1%

Open homeless encampment reports

Every currently-open Unauthorized Encampment report in Broadview/Bitter Lake. Click a tent to see the address and date filed.

199 encampment reports in the last 90 days (1.2% of citywide volume).

Example cleanups in Broadview/Bitter Lake

City of Seattle homeless encampment cleanup at Bitter Lake Reservoir Park, 2022-10-21 (Broadview/Bitter Lake)
2022-10-21 · Bitter Lake Reservoir Park

Click any photo to open the City of Seattle site journal PDF it was extracted from.

Look up a specific address in Broadview/Bitter Lake

The numbers above are aggregated across all of Broadview/Bitter Lake. To see what's reported on a specific block — including the nearest active encampments to a given address — search by address:

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Frequently asked questions about homelessness in Broadview/Bitter Lake

How many homeless encampments are reported in Broadview/Bitter Lake?

Broadview/Bitter Lake has 32 currently-open homeless encampment reports filed via Seattle's 311 / Find It Fix It system. In the last 365 days, residents have filed 2068 encampment reports for the area.

What share of Broadview/Bitter Lake blocks have active homeless encampment reports?

1.5% of Broadview/Bitter Lake's 454 blocks currently have at least one active homeless encampment report. The Seattle citywide average is 4.1%.

Where are homeless encampments in Broadview/Bitter Lake concentrated?

The interactive map above plots every currently-open homeless encampment report in Broadview/Bitter Lake. Reports cluster along arterial corridors, parks, and freeway underpasses — click any tent marker to see the exact address and date filed.

How does Broadview/Bitter Lake compare to other Seattle neighborhoods?

Broadview/Bitter Lake ranks #38 out of 53 Seattle neighborhoods for the share of blocks with active homeless encampment reports. The most-affected neighborhood is Pioneer Square/International District (21.9%); the least-affected is Wedgwood/View Ridge (0.0%).

Where can I see official Seattle homeless encampment cleanup records?

The City of Seattle's Encampment Response Team publishes site journals (PDFs) after every cleanup. Each cleanup photo on this page links to the source journal from seattle.gov.

Nearby neighborhoods

Haller Lake Licton Springs North Beach/Blue Ridge

Methodology

Data comes from Seattle's Customer Service Request system (Find It Fix It / 311). Each report is geocoded by the City to a Community Reporting Area; we aggregate by CRA(s) that match the named neighborhood. The "last 90 days" window is anchored to the most recent report date in the dataset. Photos are extracted from the City of Seattle's published Encampment Response Team site journals.

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