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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 31.5% (1611 so far in 2025, 2352 until this date in 2024)
- Property crime is down 11.5% (12452, 14073)
- Domestic violence is down 100.0% (0, 880)
- Sex assault is down 100.0% (0, 305)
- Serious assaults are down 21.1% (1169, 1481)
- Robberies are down 20.4% (428, 538)
- Burglaries are down 4.7% (1768, 1855)
- Car thefts are down 34.3% (2614, 3981)
- Bike thefts are up 17.8% (436, 370)
- Drug crimes are down 6.0% (1808, 1924)
Featured: Read the May 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: 5.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents so far this year. Other crime rates follow:
- Denver's violent crime rate is 5.1 crimes per 1,000 residents.
- Its property crime rate is 38.6 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 3.7 per 1,000.
- Its robbery rate is 1.3 per 1,000.
- Its burglary rate is 5.5 per 1,000.
- Its car theft rate is 8.1 per 1,000.
- Its bike theft rate is 1.4 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.
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Recent notable crimes in Denver
Recent Denver homicides
- Tuesday Jun 17, 9:41 PM, at the 1200 block of S Osceola St in Mar Lee.
- Sunday Jun 15, 6:50 AM, at the 2200 block of Blake St in Five Points.
- Wednesday May 28, 2:30 AM, at the 2800 block of W 53rd Ave in Chaffee Park.
- Monday May 26, 1:15 PM, at the 7200 block of E 39th Ave in Northeast Park Hill.
- Saturday May 17, 9:49 AM, at 17th St and Wazee St in Union Station.
- Tuesday Apr 29, 4:51 AM, at 1601 Chestnut Pl in Union Station.
- Wednesday Apr 16, 4:40 AM, at the 8400 block of E Sports Blvd in Lowry Field.
- Friday Mar 28, 4:50 AM, at the 1500 block of N Wabash St in East Colfax.
- Friday Mar 21, 5:03 AM, at the 2200 block of E Bruce Randolph Ave in Cole.
- Sunday Mar 9, 6:12 AM, at the 2900 block of S Vine St in University.
Recent serious assaults in Denver
- Friday Jun 20, 4:35 AM, at the 3100 block of S Tamarac Dr in Hampden.
- Friday Jun 20, 2:42 AM, at E 8th Ave and N York St in Country Club.
- Friday Jun 20, 12:30 AM, at S Downing St and E Bayaud Ave in Speer.
- Thursday Jun 19, 11:52 PM, at N Monaco St and E 16th Ave in South Park Hill.
- Thursday Jun 19, 9:43 PM, at 66 S Broadway St in Speer.
- Thursday Jun 19, 5:33 AM, at 2239 E Bruce Randolph Ave in Cole.
- Thursday Jun 19, 5:03 AM, at the 8000 block of E 11th Ave in East Colfax.
- Thursday Jun 19, 3:22 AM, at 1531 Stout St in CBD.
- Thursday Jun 19, 2:36 AM, at the 1300 block of N Yosemite St in East Colfax.
- Wednesday Jun 18, 5:23 PM, at 3200 N Downing St in Cole.
Recent robberies in Denver
- Thursday Jun 19, 9:55 PM, at 1595 W 48th Ave in Chaffee Park.
- Thursday Jun 19, 11:50 AM, at 980 N Grant St in Capitol Hill.
- Tuesday Jun 17, 7:44 PM, at 6300 E Hampden Ave in Hampden South.
- Tuesday Jun 17, 9:14 AM, at the 500 block of E Colfax Ave in Capitol Hill.
- Tuesday Jun 17, 7:23 AM, at 2201 19th St in Union Station.
- Tuesday Jun 17, 6:14 AM, at 12090 E 40th Ave in Central Park.
- Monday Jun 16, 10:25 PM, at the 4000 block of N Albion St in Northeast Park Hill.
- Monday Jun 16, 1:43 PM, at 1500 N Downing St in City Park West.
- Monday Jun 16, 6:30 AM, at W 11th Ave and N Decatur St in Sun Valley.
- Monday Jun 16, 5:52 AM, at 3190 Morrison Rd in Barnum West.
Updated: Colorado state crime rate charts.
Monthly crime in Denver
Reported violent crime in Denver
In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 335.5 and the median was 336.0. The most in any month was 446, in July 2023, and the least was 220 in June 2025.
Property crime in Denver
In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 3175.0 and the median was 3286.5. The most in any month was 3895, in May 2022, and the least was 1248 in June 2025.
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