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The City of Denver crime report. See Denver crime rate data, notable recent crimes, year over year crime statistics, crime charts, and crime data for the previous 30 days.

Last updated Monday January 20th.

Featured: Read the December 2024 Denver-city crime report.

The last 30 days in Denver crimes:

  • There were 451 reported incidents of violent crime in the last 30 days. That's compared with 400 in the 30 days before and a monthly average in the previous 12 months of 408.1.
  • Domestic Violence trending up: 183 incidents in the last 30 days, 180 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 161.8.
  • Sex Assault trending down: 54 incidents in the last 30 days, 56 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 50.5.
  • Serious Assault trending up: 296 incidents in the last 30 days, 268 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 263.6.
  • Robbery trending up: 98 incidents in the last 30 days, 74 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 89.4.
  • Burglary trending down: 356 incidents in the last 30 days, 445 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 370.3.
  • Property Crimes trending down: 2505 incidents in the last 30 days, 2837 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 2436.1.
  • Car Thefts trending down: 595 incidents in the last 30 days, 672 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 611.0.
  • Bike Thefts trending down: 47 incidents in the last 30 days, 78 in the 30 days before. The 12-month monthly average is 99.9.

New: The Bruce Randolph School crime report.

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 up 11.5% (136 so far in 2025, 122 until this date in 2024)
  • Property crime is down 23.7% (658, 862)
  • Domestic violence is up 38.7% (43, 31)
  • Sex assault is down 14.3% (18, 21)
  • Serious assaults are up 12.2% (83, 74)
  • Robberies are up 40.0% (35, 25)
  • Burglaries are down 2.1% (93, 95)
  • Car thefts are down 38.0% (163, 263)
  • Bike thefts are down 23.8% (16, 21)
  • Drug crimes are up 37.6% (117, 85)

Featured: Read the December 2024 Denver-city crime report.

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: 7.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents so far this year. Other crime rates follow:

  • Denver's violent crime rate is 7.6 crimes per 1,000 residents.
  • Its property crime rate is 36.7 per 1,000.
  • Its domestic violence rate is 2.4 per 1,000.
  • Its sex assault rate is 1.0 per 1,000.
  • Its serious assault rate is 4.9 per 1,000.
  • Its robbery rate is 1.7 per 1,000.
  • Its burglary rate is 4.7 per 1,000.
  • Its car theft rate is 9.6 per 1,000.
  • Its bike theft rate is 0.8 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 2022, which is why the U.S. 2023 and 2024 violent crime rate data isn’t shown. Denver’s crime rates for 2023 and 2024 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

  • Sunday Jan 12, 9:12 PM, at S Sheridan Blvd and W Wyoming Pl in Mar Lee.
  • Sunday Jan 12, 8:06 PM, at the 1600 block of Wazee St in Union Station.
  • Saturday Jan 11, 5:20 PM, at the 700 block of 16th St in CBD.
  • Friday Dec 13, 9:51 PM, at 4585 E Colfax Ave in South Park Hill.
  • Saturday Nov 23, 1:39 PM, at the 1600 block of S Federal Blvd in Ruby Hill.
  • Tuesday Nov 5, 1:31 AM, at the 9900 block of E Harvard Ave in Hampden.
  • Sunday Nov 3, 2:34 AM, at 1300 W Colfax Ave in Lincoln Park.
  • Sunday Oct 20, 10:22 PM, at 816 N Acoma St in Civic Center.
  • Sunday Oct 20, 6:30 PM, at 4000 N Kirk St in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Sunday Oct 20, 12:41 AM, at N Columbine St and E 14th Ave in Congress Park.

Recent serious assaults in Denver

  • Thursday Jan 16, 8:14 PM, at the 4400 block of N Pecos St in Sunnyside.
  • Thursday Jan 16, 6:14 PM, at 5370 E Asbury Ave in Virginia Village.
  • Thursday Jan 16, 1:43 PM, at 951 N Elati St in Lincoln Park.
  • Thursday Jan 16, 12:37 PM, at 4040 N Quebec St in Central Park.
  • Thursday Jan 16, 10:00 AM, at 3000 N Tejon St in Highland.
  • Wednesday Jan 15, 11:30 PM, at the 2000 block of Larimer St in Five Points.
  • Wednesday Jan 15, 8:40 PM, at N Syracuse St and E Colfax Ave in East Colfax.
  • Wednesday Jan 15, 6:26 PM, at the 3100 block of N Downing St in Whittier.
  • Wednesday Jan 15, 5:47 PM, at 2875 S University Blvd in University.

Recent robberies in Denver

  • Thursday Jan 16, 8:52 AM, at 380 E 17th Ave in North Capitol Hill.
  • Wednesday Jan 15, 7:00 PM, at 2247 S Monaco St in Goldsmith.
  • Wednesday Jan 15, 3:29 PM, at 1504 N Colorado Blvd in South Park Hill.
  • Monday Jan 13, 9:00 PM, at 701 E 14th Ave in Capitol Hill.
  • Monday Jan 13, 4:45 PM, at 1331 N Speer Blvd in Lincoln Park.
  • Monday Jan 13, 1:57 PM, at 3000 E 1St Ave in Cherry Creek.
  • Sunday Jan 12, 11:00 PM, at 930 E Colfax Ave in Capitol Hill.
  • Sunday Jan 12, 6:27 PM, at 12244 E 44th Ave in Montbello.
  • Sunday Jan 12, 3:59 PM, at 3203 N Quebec St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Sunday Jan 12, 12:28 AM, at 3150 W Louisiana Ave in Mar Lee.

Featured: Denver's 2024 crime map.

Monthly crime in Denver

Reported violent crime in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 449.0 and the median was 466.0. The most in any month was 583, in July 2023, and the least was 225 in January 2025.

Property crime in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 3286.2 and the median was 3365.5. The most in any month was 3888, in May 2022, and the least was 1081 in January 2025.

Featured: Denver's 2024 crime map.

New: The worst Denver neighborhoods for violent crime in 2024.

Denver crime maps

Denver crime trends map

The crimes trends map shows the change in crime counts and rates on a monthly and year-to-date basis.

Denver crime trends map

The Denver-city recent crime map

The recent crimes map shows where crimes across the city were reported in the last two or so months, and shows which addresses across the city have logged the most reported crimes.

Denver’s recent crime map

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