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The Denver serious assault report

Serious assault crime stats, charts, data, rankings, maps and news for the City of Denver and its neighborhoods for the year 2025. Last updated Monday October 27th.

Denver serious assaults are down in the past 30 days (212) compared with the 30 days before that (241), and down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

  • Denver has had 2214 serious assaults reported so far this year, an average of 225.1 per month / 7.4 per day.
  • In 2024, Denver averaged 296.9 per month, and the year before that (2023) Denver averaged 302.2 per month.
  • The most serious assaults any neighborhood in Denver has had in 2025 is Five Points, with 181.
  • The average number of serious assaults per neighborhood this year is 28.38.

Denver’s serious assault rate

In 2025, Denver's serious assault rate’s 3.6 crimes per 1,000 residents. See the crime rate for the rest of Denver's crimes.

New: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.

Denver neighborhood map, serious assaults per 1,000 residents, 2025

Reported serious assaults per 1,000 residents. Hover over or tap a neighborhood for details.

 

Denver serious assault statistics

Monthly reported serious assaults in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 227.9 and the median was 228.5. The most in any month was 303, in July 2023, and the least was 155 in February 2022.

Serious assault crimes, by time of day

What time reported serious assaults happen in Denver.

Serious assault crimes, by weekday

The day of the week reported serious assaults happen.

New: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in serious assault

There were 4 notable ranking changes in these crime categories when comparing the rankings four weeks ago to the current rankings. This list updates Mondays. The lower the rank the worse the reported crime.

  • Barnum West fell 12 ranks, from 58th to 46th.
  • Whittier fell 8 ranks, from 46th to 38th.
  • Kennedy fell 5 ranks, from 37th to 32nd.
  • Clayton fell 4 ranks, from 27th to 23rd.

Featured: The best and worst neighborhoods for serious assaults.

Serious assault rate, Denver, 2025

  1. Civic Center: 37.31 per 1,000 residents (66 incidents total)
  2. DIA: 22.75 per 1,000 residents (28 incidents total)
  3. Union Station: 21.93 (111)
  4. CBD: 17.54 (71)
  5. Five Points: 12.26 (181)
  6. City Park West: 10.91 (50)
  7. North Capitol Hill: 10.64 (63)
  8. Sun Valley: 9.74 (14)
  9. Lincoln Park: 8.78 (53)
  10. Auraria: 8.48 (7)
  11. Globeville: 8.45 (30)
  12. Northeast Park Hill: 6.82 (62)
  13. Elyria-Swansea: 6.59 (44)
  14. East Colfax: 6.4 (72)
  15. West Colfax: 5.59 (51)
  16. Capitol Hill: 5.29 (83)
  17. Baker: 4.83 (28)
  18. Goldsmith: 4.37 (23)
  19. Clayton: 4.24 (18)
  20. College View / South Platte: 4.07 (29)
  21. Athmar Park: 4.04 (35)
  22. Westwood: 3.92 (65)
  23. Central Park: 3.91 (69)
  24. Kennedy: 3.9 (18)
  25. Jefferson Park: 3.89 (11)
  26. Overland: 3.7 (12)
  27. City Park: 3.44 (11)
  28. Cole: 3.26 (15)
  29. Ruby Hill: 3.24 (35)
  30. Washington Virginia Vale: 3.18 (44)
  31. Barnum: 2.88 (19)
  32. Villa Park: 2.85 (26)
  33. Barnum West: 2.73 (16)
  34. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 2.69 (94)
  35. Valverde: 2.67 (10)
  36. Cheesman Park: 2.57 (22)
  37. Montclair: 2.54 (15)
  38. Sunnyside: 2.54 (25)
  39. Harvey Park: 2.52 (32)
  40. Whittier: 2.5 (15)
  41. Mar Lee: 2.49 (34)
  42. Lowry Field: 2.32 (19)
  43. Congress Park: 2.14 (24)
  44. Highland: 2.11 (19)
  45. South Park Hill: 2.08 (19)
  46. Hampden: 2.07 (39)
  47. Montbello: 2.03 (70)
  48. Chaffee Park: 1.98 (8)
  49. Berkeley: 1.87 (16)
  50. Hale: 1.77 (12)
  51. Bear Valley: 1.73 (16)
  52. University Hills: 1.69 (10)
  53. Windsor: 1.68 (23)
  54. Rosedale: 1.65 (4)
  55. Hampden South: 1.62 (24)
  56. Speer: 1.62 (19)
  57. Fort Logan: 1.6 (14)
  58. Harvey Park South: 1.58 (14)
  59. Southmoor Park: 1.45 (7)
  60. Marston: 1.33 (15)
  61. Sloan Lake: 1.15 (9)
  62. University: 1.06 (10)
  63. Regis: 0.95 (4)
  64. Skyland: 0.95 (3)
  65. West Highland: 0.87 (8)
  66. Indian Creek: 0.85 (3)
  67. Virginia Village: 0.85 (12)
  68. North Park Hill: 0.76 (8)
  69. Washington Park West: 0.69 (5)
  70. Washington Park: 0.68 (5)
  71. University Park: 0.66 (5)
  72. Cory-Merrill: 0.64 (3)
  73. Cherry Creek: 0.64 (4)
  74. Wellshire: 0.59 (2)
  75. Platt Park: 0.52 (3)
  76. Hilltop: 0.43 (4)
  77. Country Club: 0.31 (1)
  78. Belcaro: 0.21 (1)

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Serious assault count, Denver, 2025

  1. Five Points: 181 incidents
  2. Union Station: 111
  3. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 94
  4. Capitol Hill: 83
  5. East Colfax: 72
  6. CBD: 71
  7. Montbello: 70
  8. Central Park: 69
  9. Civic Center: 66
  10. Westwood: 65
  11. North Capitol Hill: 63
  12. Northeast Park Hill: 62
  13. Lincoln Park: 53
  14. West Colfax: 51
  15. City Park West: 50
  16. Washington Virginia Vale: 44
  17. Elyria-Swansea: 44
  18. Hampden: 39
  19. Ruby Hill: 35
  20. Athmar Park: 35
  21. Mar Lee: 34
  22. Harvey Park: 32
  23. Globeville: 30
  24. College View / South Platte: 29
  25. DIA: 28
  26. Baker: 28
  27. Villa Park: 26
  28. Sunnyside: 25
  29. Congress Park: 24
  30. Hampden South: 24
  31. Goldsmith: 23
  32. Windsor: 23
  33. Cheesman Park: 22
  34. Highland: 19
  35. Lowry Field: 19
  36. Speer: 19
  37. South Park Hill: 19
  38. Barnum: 19
  39. Kennedy: 18
  40. Clayton: 18
  41. Bear Valley: 16
  42. Berkeley: 16
  43. Barnum West: 16
  44. Cole: 15
  45. Marston: 15
  46. Montclair: 15
  47. Whittier: 15
  48. Fort Logan: 14
  49. Harvey Park South: 14
  50. Sun Valley: 14
  51. Hale: 12
  52. Virginia Village: 12
  53. Overland: 12
  54. Jefferson Park: 11
  55. City Park: 11
  56. University Hills: 10
  57. University: 10
  58. Valverde: 10
  59. Sloan Lake: 9
  60. West Highland: 8
  61. North Park Hill: 8
  62. Chaffee Park: 8
  63. Auraria: 7
  64. Southmoor Park: 7
  65. Washington Park: 5
  66. University Park: 5
  67. Washington Park West: 5
  68. Regis: 4
  69. Hilltop: 4
  70. Cherry Creek: 4
  71. Rosedale: 4
  72. Skyland: 3
  73. Cory-Merrill: 3
  74. Indian Creek: 3
  75. : 3
  76. Platt Park: 3
  77. Wellshire: 2
  78. Belcaro: 1
  79. Country Club: 1

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Recent Denver serious assaults

October 24

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 2:20 AM, at 4733 N Sherman St in Globeville.
  • Serious assault, at 2:15 AM, at 1701 Wynkoop St in Union Station.

October 23

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 10:24 PM, at the 4900 block of N Telluride St in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Serious assault, at 1:24 PM, at the 11100 block of E Dartmouth Ave in Kennedy.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 7:59 AM, at 2800 W 10th Ave in Sun Valley.

October 22

  • Serious assault, at 9:15 AM, at the 5500 block of N Billings St in Montbello.
  • Serious assault, at 6:09 AM, at the 1300 block of N Grant St in Capitol Hill.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:38 AM, at 420 14th St in CBD.

October 21

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 11:25 PM, at the 1300 block of N Grant St in Capitol Hill.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 10:40 PM, at 1700 E Louisiana Ave in Washington Park.
  • Serious assault, at 9:00 PM, at 1375 N Josephine St in Congress Park.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 7:00 PM, at the 6300 block of W Hampden Ave in Bear Valley.
  • Serious assault, at 5:00 PM, at 10 W 14th Ave in Civic Center.
  • Serious assault, at 6:43 AM, at N Colorado Blvd and E Bruce Randolph Ave in Clayton.
  • Serious assault, at 4:35 AM, at the 2400 block of S Vine St in University.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:32 AM, at the 1700 block of N Williams St in City Park West.
  • Serious assault, at 1:00 AM, at 3883 N Monroe St in Clayton.
  • Serious assault, at 12:15 AM, at the 5100 block of N Broadway St in Globeville.

October 20

  • Serious assault, at 5:45 PM, at 1051 S Platte River Dr in Athmar Park.
  • Serious assault, at 3:00 PM, at the 2900 block of Arkins Ct in Five Points.
  • Serious assault, at 2:10 PM, at the 700 block of N Grant St in Capitol Hill.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:56 AM, at the 3400 block of S Akron St in Hampden.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 5:43 AM, at the 18100 block of E 47th Dr in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Serious assault, at 4:14 AM, at the 2100 block of W 28th Ave in Highland.

October 19

  • Serious assault, at 9:01 PM, at the 1700 block of N Franklin St in City Park West.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 1:50 PM, at 1205 N Yosemite St in East Colfax.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 10:21 AM, at the 5500 block of N Vaughn St in Montbello.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 9:46 AM, at 1211 S Quebec Way in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Serious assault, at 9:00 AM, at the 3700 block of N Holly St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 9:00 AM, at 2721 Larimer St in Five Points.
  • Serious assault, at 8:30 AM, at 1082 N Broadway St in Capitol Hill.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 8:17 AM, at the 1000 block of S Oneida St in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Serious assault, at 5:41 AM, at 1100 E 17th Ave in City Park West.
  • Serious assault, at 4:23 AM, at 1228 E Colfax Ave in Cheesman Park.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied vehicle, at 1:27 AM, at I-70 east-bound and N Havana St in Central Park.
  • Serious assault, at 1:13 AM, at 1701 Wynkoop St in Union Station.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 1:02 AM, at 1520 20th St in Union Station.

October 18

  • Serious assault, at 7:00 PM, at the 1500 block of N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 1:10 PM, at 2805 W 8th Ave in Sun Valley.
  • Serious assault, at 1:00 PM, at the 2100 block of E Colfax Ave in Cheesman Park.
  • Serious assault, at 4:40 AM, at 1255 N Galapago St in Lincoln Park.
  • Serious assault, at 1:39 AM, at 3600 E 44th Ave in Elyria-Swansea.

October 17

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 11:21 PM, at E 51St Ave and N Orleans St in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Serious assault, at 10:43 PM, at the 7100 block of E Montview Blvd in South Park Hill.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 10:43 PM, at the 7100 block of E Montview Blvd in South Park Hill.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 7:11 PM, at 6165 E Iliff Ave in Goldsmith.
  • Serious assault, at 6:50 PM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 5:47 PM, at 3377 N Jasmine St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:42 PM, at the 3000 block of N Lafayette St in Whittier.
  • Serious assault, at 2:00 PM, at the 2900 block of W 24th Ave in Jefferson Park.

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