Denver crime rates: Denver Crimes

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Year over year Denver crime statistics, 2025 vs. 2024:

Compare 2024's Denver crime statistics with the crime stats from the start of the year to this point in time in 2025.

Reported violent crime is down 32.6% (2919 so far in 2025, 4330 until this date in 2024)
Property crime is down 12.3% (22431, 25581)
Domestic violence is down 100.0% (0, 1669)
Sex assault is down 100.0% (0, 521)
Serious assaults are down 23.8% (2124, 2786)
Robberies are down 21.3% (763, 970)
Burglaries are down 14.5% (3127, 3659)
Car thefts are down 35.5% (4367, 6775)
Bike thefts are up 9.9% (1086, 988)
Drug crimes are down 13.2% (3062, 3528)

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Denver crime rates

See what Denver’s 2025 crime rates are and compare them to 2024.

Denver’s 2025 crime rate

Measure the crime rate in Denver for 2025 across violent crimes, property crimes and other types of crimes.

This is the crime rate in Denver Colorado in 2025: 5.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents so far this year. Other crime rates follow:

Denver's violent crime rate is 5.3 crimes per 1,000 residents.
Its property crime rate is 40.4 per 1,000.
Its domestic violence rate is 0.0 per 1,000.
Its sex assault rate is 0.0 per 1,000.
Its serious assault rate is 3.8 per 1,000.
Its robbery rate is 1.4 per 1,000.
Its burglary rate is 5.6 per 1,000.
Its car theft rate is 7.8 per 1,000.
Its bike theft rate is 2.0 per 1,000.

Denver’s 2024 crime rate

Measure the crime rate in Denver last year and compare it to 2025’s crime rate.

Denver's violent crime rate was 7.7 crimes per 1,000 residents.
Its property crime rate was 46.0 per 1,000.
Its domestic violence rate was 3.0 per 1,000.
Its sex assault rate was 0.9 per 1,000.
Its serious assault rate was 5.0 per 1,000.
Its robbery rate was 1.7 per 1,000.
Its burglary rate was 6.8 per 1,000.
Its car theft rate was 11.9 per 1,000.
Its bike theft rate was 1.8 per 1,000.

Chart: Denver’s crime rate compared to the nation’s

Note: The national crime rate is computed through 2023, which is why the U.S. 2024 and 2025 violent crime rate data isn’t shown. Denver’s crime rates for 2024 and 2025 are preliminary and calculated against the Denver Police Department's count of violent crimes and the U.S. Census Bureau's report of Denver’s population.

This chart compares Denver’s violent crime rate with the nation’s over the past 30-plus years. The number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents in Denver (in blue) far exceeds the national rate (in grey). Sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Denver Police Department, U.S. Census Bureau

Compare Colorado’s crime rate against the nation’s here.

New: Denver’s highest-crime addresses.

Recent notable crimes in Denver

Recent Denver homicides

Saturday Oct 4, 4:25 AM, at E Colfax Ave and N Uinta St in East Colfax.
Saturday Sep 20, 7:59 AM, at E 50th Pl and N Argonne St in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
Saturday Sep 6, 7:12 AM, at 8000 E 12th Ave in East Colfax.
Saturday Sep 6, 5:29 AM, at the 2700 block of S Fenton St in Bear Valley.
Monday Sep 1, 7:00 AM, at the 4100 block of N Orleans St in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
Friday Aug 22, 11:19 AM, at 4901 E Donald Ave in Goldsmith.
Monday Aug 11, 2:25 AM, at E Hampden Ave and S Yosemite St in Hampden South.
Saturday Aug 2, 6:18 PM, at the 2200 block of Glenarm Pl in Five Points.
Wednesday Jul 30, 3:02 AM, at the 1000 block of W Colfax Ave in Lincoln Park.
Friday Jul 25, 9:04 AM, at 1660 N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.

Recent serious assaults in Denver

Tuesday Oct 14, 5:00 AM, at the 4900 block of W 11th Ave in Villa Park.
Tuesday Oct 14, 1:08 AM, at 1036 S Federal Blvd in Athmar Park.
Monday Oct 13, 6:51 PM, at the 2600 block of S Irving St in Harvey Park.
Monday Oct 13, 1:26 PM, at the 3100 block of S Federal Blvd in College View / South Platte.
Monday Oct 13, 8:00 AM, at 3360 N Downing St in Cole.
Monday Oct 13, 1:29 AM, at 8801 E Montview Blvd in Central Park.
Sunday Oct 12, 11:59 PM, at 2205 19th St in Union Station.
Sunday Oct 12, 10:55 PM, at 4800 N Colorado Blvd in Northeast Park Hill.
Sunday Oct 12, 7:44 PM, at 1895 E Colfax Ave in City Park West.
Sunday Oct 12, 12:30 PM, at the 13100 block of E Robins Dr in Montbello.

Recent robberies in Denver

Monday Oct 13, 9:56 PM, at 1630 E Bruce Randolph Ave in Cole.
Sunday Oct 12, 2:18 PM, at the 4300 block of S Syracuse St in Hampden South.
Saturday Oct 11, 9:28 PM, at 38th St and Blake St in Five Points.
Saturday Oct 11, 9:45 AM, at the 1000 block of N Broadway St in Civic Center.
Friday Oct 10, 9:35 PM, at 1875 W Mississippi Ave in Athmar Park.
Friday Oct 10, 3:30 AM, at W 10th Ave and N Osage St in Lincoln Park.
Thursday Oct 9, 9:00 PM, at 16543 E 49th Ave in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
Thursday Oct 9, 7:34 AM, at 20th St and Larimer St in Union Station.
Wednesday Oct 8, 9:30 PM, at E 17th Ave and N Poplar St in South Park Hill.
Tuesday Oct 7, 2:23 AM, at 1600 California St in CBD.

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Monthly crime in Denver

Reported violent crime in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 329.6 and the median was 333.5. The most in any month was 444, in July 2023, and the least was 189 in October 2025.

Property crime in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 3092.2 and the median was 3182.5. The most in any month was 3896, in May 2022, and the least was 1466 in October 2025.

New: Property crime per neighborhood compared, 2024 vs. 2023.