It can be very challenging figuring out where to find the best sources of data to answer your questions. Here are some recommendations by topic.
- Crime
- Individual Initial police reports and corresponding offenses with category and location information
- Individual 911 calls: police and fire with category and location information
- Crime statistics organized by category of incident:
- Neighborhood Communities
- Seattle Communities Online Inventory A list of online community groups sorted by neighborhoods.
- My Neighborhood Map A list of "city features" such as schools and parks, with their addresses and latitude and longitude.
- Local Businesses
- 2012 Business License Data (Updated June 2013) A list of active businesses in Seattle, with addresses and categorized by type.
- 2013 Businesses Districts Business organizations (alliances, chamber of commerce) by neighborhoods.
- City Spending
- 2013 Adopted Budget - Expenditure Allowance by Budget Control Level Budget by department, purpose, amounts, and fund.
- Expenditures (2012-2014) Money spent by department.
- Resources Monetary resources/funds (2012-2014).
- Civic and Community Engagement Opportunities
- Civic Events Upcoming events for engaging in civic activities.
- Public Outreach and Engagement Events A list of upcoming community events, with dates, addresses, latitude and longitude.
- City of Seattle Events Upcoming events, with dates, addresses, latitude and longitude.
- Arts
- Public Art A directory of public art with creator, description, location, latitude and longitude.