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 7.5% (466 so far in 2025, 504 until this date in 2024)
Property crime is down 14.6% (2662, 3117)
Domestic violence is up 9.2% (190, 174)
Sex assault is down 6.9% (54, 58)
Serious assaults are down 9.9% (291, 323)
Robberies are down 0.8% (117, 118)
Burglaries are up 0.3% (350, 349)
Car thefts are down 29.7% (672, 956)
Bike thefts are down 23.8% (48, 63)
Drug crimes are up 14.7% (445, 388)

Featured: Read the January 2025 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: 6.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents so far this year. Other crime rates follow:

Denver's violent crime rate is 6.8 crimes per 1,000 residents.
Its property crime rate is 38.3 per 1,000.
Its domestic violence rate is 2.7 per 1,000.
Its sex assault rate is 0.8 per 1,000.
Its serious assault rate is 4.3 per 1,000.
Its robbery rate is 1.6 per 1,000.
Its burglary rate is 4.9 per 1,000.
Its car theft rate is 9.5 per 1,000.
Its bike theft rate is 0.7 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

Monday Jan 27, 12:01 AM, at 3990 E 35th Ave in Clayton.
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.

Recent serious assaults in Denver

Wednesday Feb 12, 4:40 PM, at N Perry St and W Conejos Pl in West Colfax.
Wednesday Feb 12, 7:00 AM, at 21640 E 38th Pl in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
Tuesday Feb 11, 1:04 PM, at 3182 W 8th Ave in Villa Park.
Tuesday Feb 11, 11:42 AM, at the 5000 block of W 8th Ave in Villa Park.
Tuesday Feb 11, 9:49 AM, at 18444 E 54th Ave in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
Tuesday Feb 11, 8:00 AM, at 2222 Lawrence St in Five Points.
Tuesday Feb 11, 6:58 AM, at 8400 Pena Blvd in DIA.
Monday Feb 10, 10:05 PM, at 1601 Chestnut Pl in Union Station.
Monday Feb 10, 9:00 PM, at 936 E Evans Ave in Rosedale.

Recent robberies in Denver

Wednesday Feb 12, 7:35 PM, at the 600 block of N Quince St in Lowry Field.
Wednesday Feb 12, 6:44 PM, at 8000 E 12th Ave in East Colfax.
Wednesday Feb 12, 6:22 AM, at 901 W 14th Ave in Lincoln Park.
Monday Feb 10, 6:07 PM, at 6210 Leetsdale Dr in Washington Virginia Vale.
Monday Feb 10, 12:10 PM, at 4701 N Peoria St in Montbello.
Monday Feb 10, 10:37 AM, at 600 S Holly St in Washington Virginia Vale.
Sunday Feb 9, 2:00 AM, at the 600 block of N Galapago St in Lincoln Park.
Saturday Feb 8, 9:24 PM, at 1971 N Pennsylvania St in North Capitol Hill.
Saturday Feb 8, 3:16 PM, at E 14th Ave and N Pearl St in Capitol Hill.
Saturday Feb 8, 1:40 AM, at 3190 W 38th Ave in West Highland.

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

Monthly crime in Denver

Reported violent crime in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 448.9 and the median was 466.5. The most in any month was 580, in July 2023, and the least was 202 in February 2025.

Property crime in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 3272.5 and the median was 3365.0. The most in any month was 3888, in May 2022, and the least was 1082 in February 2025.

Featured: Each neighborhood now has a list of its high-crime addresses.