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Year over year Denver crime statistics, 2024 vs. 2023:
Compare 2023's Denver crime statistics with the crime stats from the start of the year to this point in time in 2024.
- Reported violent crime is up 0.1% (4432 so far in 2024, 4428 until this date in 2023)
- Property crime is down 20.1% (25818, 32322)
- Domestic violence is up 17.1% (1752, 1496)
- Sex assault is down 2.1% (511, 522)
- Serious assaults are down 1.1% (2882, 2914)
- Robberies are up 5.8% (985, 931)
- Burglaries are down 2.5% (3701, 3796)
- Car thefts are down 29.4% (6847, 9700)
- Bike thefts are up 5.4% (996, 945)
- Drug crimes are up 14.7% (3677, 3207)
Featured: Read the September 2024 Denver-city crime report.
Denver crime rates
See what Denver’s 2024 crime rates are and compare them to 2023.
Denver’s 2024 crime rate
Measure the crime rate in Denver for 2024 across violent crimes, property crimes and other types of crimes.
This is the crime rate in Denver Colorado in 2024: 7.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents so far this year. Other crime rates follow:
- Denver's violent crime rate is 7.9 crimes per 1,000 residents.
- Its property crime rate is 45.9 per 1,000.
- Its domestic violence rate is 3.1 per 1,000.
- Its sex assault rate is 0.9 per 1,000.
- Its serious assault rate is 5.1 per 1,000.
- Its robbery rate is 1.8 per 1,000.
- Its burglary rate is 6.6 per 1,000.
- Its car theft rate is 12.1 per 1,000.
- Its bike theft rate is 1.8 per 1,000.
Denver’s 2023 crime rate
Measure the crime rate in Denver last year and compare it to 2024’s crime rate.
- Denver's violent crime rate was 7.7 crimes per 1,000 residents.
- Its property crime rate was 55.1 per 1,000.
- Its domestic violence rate was 2.7 per 1,000.
- Its sex assault rate was 0.9 per 1,000.
- Its serious assault rate was 5.1 per 1,000.
- Its robbery rate was 1.7 per 1,000.
- Its burglary rate was 6.6 per 1,000.
- Its car theft rate was 16.6 per 1,000.
- Its bike theft rate was 1.5 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 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.
- Friday Oct 18, 8:09 PM, at N Verbena St and E Colfax Ave in East Colfax.
- Tuesday Oct 1, 11:41 PM, at 4380 N Peoria St in Montbello.
- Sunday Sep 29, 10:57 AM, at W Evans Ave and S Lipan St in College View / South Platte.
- Friday Sep 27, 10:33 PM, at 5225 N Vasquez Blvd in Elyria-Swansea.
- Tuesday Sep 24, 1:02 AM, at 630 S Dayton St in Windsor.
- Sunday Sep 22, 5:22 PM, at 2352 N Federal Blvd in Jefferson Park.
- Sunday Sep 22, 2:15 AM, at 1011 N Navajo St in Lincoln Park.
Recent serious assaults in Denver
- Wednesday Oct 23, 12:30 PM, at 2650 W 26th Ave in Jefferson Park.
- Wednesday Oct 23, 12:03 PM, at the 1600 block of N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.
- Wednesday Oct 23, 4:43 AM, at 460 S Marion St in Washington Park.
- Wednesday Oct 23, 1:00 AM, at 840 S Oneida St in Washington Virginia Vale.
- Tuesday Oct 22, 11:30 PM, at N Broadway St and Lawrence St in Five Points.
- Tuesday Oct 22, 7:26 PM, at E Colfax 16th alley and N Verbena St in East Colfax.
- Tuesday Oct 22, 6:51 PM, at 1531 Stout St in CBD.
- Tuesday Oct 22, 1:06 PM, at the 1400 block of Wewatta St in Union Station.
- Tuesday Oct 22, 3:53 AM, at 4132 W Union Ave in Fort Logan.
Recent robberies in Denver
- Wednesday Oct 23, 6:40 PM, at 1331 N Speer Blvd in Lincoln Park.
- Wednesday Oct 23, 5:25 PM, at 12880 E Albrook Dr in Montbello.
- Wednesday Oct 23, 3:41 AM, at 1300 W Colfax Ave in Lincoln Park.
- Tuesday Oct 22, 10:30 PM, at 7200 E Evans Ave in Goldsmith.
- Tuesday Oct 22, 12:30 PM, at N Northfield Quebec St and I-70 east-bound in Central Park.
- Monday Oct 21, 4:30 PM, at 505 S Broadway St in Baker.
- Monday Oct 21, 3:02 PM, at 2084 S Broadway St in Platt Park.
- Monday Oct 21, 1:30 AM, at 4855 N Pecos St in Chaffee Park.
- Sunday Oct 20, 3:27 PM, at the 1400 block of N Mariposa St in Lincoln Park.
- Sunday Oct 20, 2:44 PM, at 2701 W Alameda Ave in Valverde.
Featured: The 16th Street Mall crime report.
Monthly crime in Denver
Reported violent crime in Denver
In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 450.1 and the median was 462.0. The most in any month was 587, in July 2023, and the least was 325 in February 2021.
Property crime in Denver
In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 3344.5 and the median was 3406.5. The most in any month was 3890, in May 2022, and the least was 2167 in October 2024.
Featured: The 16th Street Mall crime report.