Denver, CO crime rate
In 2025 the Denver Police Department reported 882.3 violent crimes and 4,143.5 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Colorado and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Denver compare with Colorado and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Denver only.
What offenses were reported in Denver, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Colorado | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 6,469 | 882.3 | 421.7 | 327.6 | down 11.7% | down 5.9% |
| Murder | 44 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | down 38.8% | down 55.6% |
| Rape | 722 | 98.5 | 56.8 | 36.1 | up 0.4% | down 7.9% |
| Robbery | 1,015 | 138.4 | 47.0 | 49.4 | down 21.5% | down 22.7% |
| Aggravated assault | 4,688 | 639.4 | 314.3 | 238.0 | down 10.6% | up 0.2% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 30,381 | 4,143.5 | 2,143.6 | 1,534.8 | down 13.3% | down 28.8% |
| Burglary | 4,298 | 586.2 | 272.7 | 193.6 | down 17.2% | down 25.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 20,365 | 2,777.5 | 1,565.9 | 1,144.1 | down 2.0% | down 15.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 5,551 | 757.1 | 305.0 | 197.0 | down 37.9% | down 56.0% |
| Arson | 167 | 22.8 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 23.9% | down 14.3% |
Reported = offenses known to the Denver Police Department and sent to the FBI. Colorado and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Denver's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 44 | 39 |
| Murder | 2024 | 71 | 64 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 1,015 | 943 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 1,273 | 1,198 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 4,688 | 3,262 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 5,166 | 3,549 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 4,298 | 4,148 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 5,112 | 4,911 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 5,551 | 5,574 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 8,809 | 8,720 |
City count: Crime (ODC_CRIME_OFFENSES_P), City and County of Denver, Denver Police Department, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Denver | United States | Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 937.7 | 387.0 | 480.4 |
| 2022 | 1,075.9 | 388.7 | 500.4 |
| 2023 | 1,027.8 | 379.5 | 485.2 |
| 2024 | 999.7 | 362.9 | 494.5 |
| 2025 | 882.3 | 327.6 | 421.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Denver | United States | Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,816.7 | 1,832.3 | 3,146.5 |
| 2022 | 6,462.8 | 1,973.8 | 3,173.8 |
| 2023 | 5,779.4 | 1,934.1 | 2,923.2 |
| 2024 | 4,780.3 | 1,761.1 | 2,683.2 |
| 2025 | 4,143.5 | 1,534.8 | 2,143.6 |
Is Denver safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Denver Police Department reported, 882.3 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Colorado's 421.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 11.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Denver's violent crime rate in 2025 was 882.3 per 100,000 residents covered by the Denver Police Department, from 6,469 offenses reported to the FBI. That is 2.1 times the Colorado estimate of 421.7 and 2.7 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, at 4,143.5 per 100,000, was above both the state's 2,143.6 and the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 11.7% from 2024, and property crime 13.3%. Measured from 2021, property crime is down 28.8% and violent crime 5.9%, while the Colorado estimate for violent crime moved from 480.4 to 421.7. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses since 2021, 56.0%, from 1,719.2 to 757.1 per 100,000.
It remains 3.8 times the US rate. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses: 44 homicides in 2025, 6.0 per 100,000, down 55.6% from 2021. Aggravated assault made up 72% of violent crime and was close to its 2021 level, up 0.2%.
The department reported all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has used NIBRS since 2005. University of Colorado Denver police report separately, and their cases are not counted here.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.49 per 1,000 residents (1,562 officers, 267 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Denver Police Department (ORI CODPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Colorado and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CODPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Denver Police Department (CODPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CODPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)