Homeless encampments & 311 reports in Highland Park, Seattle

Highland Park is one of Seattle's 53 Community Reporting Areas, with about 7,553 residents across 1.5 sq mi.

Highland Park has 132 currently-open homeless encampment reports filed with Seattle's 311 system — the #19 highest of Seattle's 53 neighborhoods. 5.5% of Highland Park's blocks have at least one active encampment report — above the 4.1% citywide average.

132
Active encampments
759
Encampment reports, last year
6%
Blocks with active encampments

How Highland Park compares

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

6% of 236 blocks in Highland Park have at least one open encampment report
Average impact Ranked #19 of 53 Seattle neighborhoods · citywide average 4.1%

Open homeless encampment reports

Every currently-open Unauthorized Encampment report in Highland Park. Click a tent to see the address and date filed.

Only 122 encampment reports in the last 90 days — well below the citywide average.

Example cleanups in Highland Park

City of Seattle homeless encampment cleanup at detroit ave sw & sw myrtle st to sw kenyon st, 2022-09-27 (Highland Park)
2022-09-27 · detroit ave sw & sw myrtle st to sw kenyon st
City of Seattle homeless encampment cleanup at Westcrest Park, 2022-08-10 (Highland Park)
2022-08-10 · Westcrest Park

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

Look up a specific address in Highland Park

The numbers above are aggregated across all of Highland Park. 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 Highland Park

How many homeless encampments are reported in Highland Park?

Highland Park has 132 currently-open homeless encampment reports filed via Seattle's 311 / Find It Fix It system. In the last 365 days, residents have filed 759 encampment reports for the area.

What share of Highland Park blocks have active homeless encampment reports?

5.5% of Highland Park's 236 blocks currently have at least one active homeless encampment report. The Seattle citywide average is 4.1%.

Where are homeless encampments in Highland Park concentrated?

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

How does Highland Park compare to other Seattle neighborhoods?

Highland Park ranks #19 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

Riverview Roxhill/Westwood South Park

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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