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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 June 16th.

Denver serious assaults are up in the past 30 days (243) compared with the 30 days before that (235), and down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

  • Denver has had 1171 serious assaults reported so far this year, an average of 213.2 per month / 7.0 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 97.
  • The average number of serious assaults per neighborhood this year is 15.01.

Denver’s serious assault rate

In 2025, Denver's serious assault rate’s 3.4 crimes per 1,000 residents. See the crime rate for the rest of Denver's crimes.

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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 229.3 and the median was 231.5. The most in any month was 305, in July 2023, and the least was 104 in June 2025.

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.

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Recent crime ranking changes in serious assault

There were 10 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.

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Serious assault rate, Denver, 2025

  1. Civic Center: 19.22 per 1,000 residents (34 incidents total)
  2. Union Station: 10.27 per 1,000 residents (52 incidents total)
  3. CBD: 8.15 (33)
  4. DIA: 8.12 (10)
  5. Five Points: 6.57 (97)
  6. North Capitol Hill: 5.74 (34)
  7. Sun Valley: 5.56 (8)
  8. City Park West: 5.24 (24)
  9. Lincoln Park: 4.8 (29)
  10. Globeville: 3.94 (14)
  11. East Colfax: 3.73 (42)
  12. Northeast Park Hill: 3.52 (32)
  13. West Colfax: 3.4 (31)
  14. Baker: 3.28 (19)
  15. Kennedy: 2.82 (13)
  16. Elyria-Swansea: 2.7 (18)
  17. Auraria: 2.42 (2)
  18. Capitol Hill: 2.23 (35)
  19. City Park: 2.19 (7)
  20. Overland: 2.16 (7)
  21. Valverde: 2.13 (8)
  22. Central Park: 2.04 (36)
  23. Westwood: 1.93 (32)
  24. Goldsmith: 1.9 (10)
  25. Clayton: 1.88 (8)
  26. Athmar Park: 1.85 (16)
  27. Villa Park: 1.75 (16)
  28. Washington Virginia Vale: 1.74 (24)
  29. College View / South Platte: 1.68 (12)
  30. Barnum: 1.67 (11)
  31. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 1.54 (54)
  32. Montclair: 1.52 (9)
  33. Sunnyside: 1.42 (14)
  34. Cheesman Park: 1.4 (12)
  35. Mar Lee: 1.39 (19)
  36. Harvey Park: 1.34 (17)
  37. Ruby Hill: 1.29 (14)
  38. Lowry Field: 1.22 (10)
  39. South Park Hill: 1.2 (11)
  40. Barnum West: 1.19 (7)
  41. Berkeley: 1.17 (10)
  42. Whittier: 1.17 (7)
  43. Jefferson Park: 1.06 (3)
  44. Harvey Park South: 1.02 (9)
  45. Montbello: 1.01 (35)
  46. Highland: 1.0 (9)
  47. Hampden: 0.9 (17)
  48. Windsor: 0.88 (12)
  49. Bear Valley: 0.87 (8)
  50. University Hills: 0.84 (5)
  51. Southmoor Park: 0.83 (4)
  52. Fort Logan: 0.8 (7)
  53. Marston: 0.8 (9)
  54. Speer: 0.77 (9)
  55. Congress Park: 0.71 (8)
  56. Washington Park West: 0.69 (5)
  57. Cole: 0.65 (3)
  58. Sloan Lake: 0.64 (5)
  59. University: 0.64 (6)
  60. Hampden South: 0.61 (9)
  61. Hale: 0.59 (4)
  62. Washington Park: 0.55 (4)
  63. West Highland: 0.54 (5)
  64. University Park: 0.53 (4)
  65. Regis: 0.47 (2)
  66. Cory-Merrill: 0.42 (2)
  67. Rosedale: 0.41 (1)
  68. North Park Hill: 0.38 (4)
  69. Virginia Village: 0.35 (5)
  70. Hilltop: 0.33 (3)
  71. Cherry Creek: 0.32 (2)
  72. Skyland: 0.32 (1)
  73. Wellshire: 0.3 (1)
  74. Chaffee Park: 0.25 (1)
  75. Platt Park: 0.17 (1)

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Serious assault count, Denver, 2025

  1. Five Points: 97 incidents
  2. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 54
  3. Union Station: 52
  4. East Colfax: 42
  5. Central Park: 36
  6. Capitol Hill: 35
  7. Montbello: 35
  8. North Capitol Hill: 34
  9. Civic Center: 34
  10. CBD: 33
  11. Northeast Park Hill: 32
  12. Westwood: 32
  13. West Colfax: 31
  14. Lincoln Park: 29
  15. Washington Virginia Vale: 24
  16. City Park West: 24
  17. Baker: 19
  18. Mar Lee: 19
  19. Elyria-Swansea: 18
  20. Hampden: 17
  21. Harvey Park: 17
  22. Athmar Park: 16
  23. Villa Park: 16
  24. Globeville: 14
  25. Sunnyside: 14
  26. Ruby Hill: 14
  27. Kennedy: 13
  28. College View / South Platte: 12
  29. Cheesman Park: 12
  30. Windsor: 12
  31. Barnum: 11
  32. South Park Hill: 11
  33. DIA: 10
  34. Goldsmith: 10
  35. Lowry Field: 10
  36. Berkeley: 10
  37. Hampden South: 9
  38. Montclair: 9
  39. Highland: 9
  40. Harvey Park South: 9
  41. Speer: 9
  42. Marston: 9
  43. Bear Valley: 8
  44. Congress Park: 8
  45. Clayton: 8
  46. Sun Valley: 8
  47. Valverde: 8
  48. Overland: 7
  49. Barnum West: 7
  50. City Park: 7
  51. Fort Logan: 7
  52. Whittier: 7
  53. University: 6
  54. Sloan Lake: 5
  55. Washington Park West: 5
  56. West Highland: 5
  57. Virginia Village: 5
  58. University Hills: 5
  59. University Park: 4
  60. North Park Hill: 4
  61. Washington Park: 4
  62. Hale: 4
  63. Southmoor Park: 4
  64. Jefferson Park: 3
  65. Cole: 3
  66. Hilltop: 3
  67. Auraria: 2
  68. Cory-Merrill: 2
  69. Cherry Creek: 2
  70. Regis: 2
  71. Chaffee Park: 1
  72. Platt Park: 1
  73. Rosedale: 1
  74. Skyland: 1
  75. Wellshire: 1
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Recent Denver serious assaults

June 13

  • Serious assault, at 3:20 AM, at 10500 E Smith Rd in Central Park.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 2:30 AM, at the 1000 block of S Parker Rd in Windsor.

June 12

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 10:38 PM, at 2223 S Monaco St in Goldsmith.
  • Serious assault, at 6:21 AM, at 1126 S Sheridan Blvd in Mar Lee.
  • Serious assault, at 5:01 AM, at the 700 block of N Forest St in Hale.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:15 AM, at E Dartmouth Ave and S St Paul St in Wellshire.
  • Serious assault, at 3:15 AM, at E Bruce Randolph Ave and N Colorado Albion alley in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 2:30 AM, at 3900 N Elati St in Globeville.
  • Serious assault, at 2:15 AM, at 3446 S Forest St in University Hills.

June 11

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 11:22 PM, at 9111 E 40th Ave in Central Park.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 10:00 PM, at the 1300 block of N Mariposa St in Lincoln Park.
  • Serious assault, at 10:00 PM, at 2222 Lawrence St in Five Points.
  • Serious assault, at 6:45 PM, at I-25 north-bound and W 6th Ave in Baker.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:41 PM, at 3177 E Colfax Ave in City Park.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:58 PM, at the 1500 block of N Logan St in North Capitol Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 6:40 AM, at the 1500 block of California St in CBD.
  • Serious assault, at 6:00 AM, at 16th St and Welton St in CBD.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:49 AM, at the 4600 block of N Williams St in Elyria-Swansea.
  • Serious assault, at 4:15 AM, at 20th St and Little Raven St in Union Station.
  • Serious assault, at 3:00 AM, at 15th St and Arapahoe St in CBD.
  • Serious assault, at 2:00 AM, at N Broadway St and W 11th Ave in Civic Center.

June 10

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 11:45 PM, at S Holly St and E Cherry Creek N in Virginia Village.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 5:00 PM, at 8133 E 29th Pl in Central Park.
  • Serious assault, at 10:18 AM, at the 4500 block of N Lipan St in Sunnyside.
  • Serious assault, at 6:30 AM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.
  • Serious assault, at 2:25 AM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 1:38 AM, at the 900 block of Park Avenue west in Five Points.

June 9

  • Serious assault, at 10:00 PM, at 4001 N Colorado Blvd in Elyria-Swansea.
  • Serious assault, at 1:00 PM, at 4692 N Beeler Ct in Central Park.
  • Serious assault, at 7:00 AM, at the 4900 block of S Ulster St in Hampden South.
  • Serious assault, at 6:02 AM, at 3400 S Lowell Blvd in Harvey Park South.
  • Serious assault, at 5:13 AM, at 2822 E Colfax Ave in Congress Park.
  • Serious assault, at 5:00 AM, at 10500 E Smith Rd in Central Park.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:00 AM, at 760 E Colfax Ave in Capitol Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 3:00 AM, at 2727 W Evans Ave in College View / South Platte.
  • Serious assault, at 1:15 AM, at the 4500 block of W Alameda Ave in Barnum West.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 12:08 AM, at the 1200 block of 32nd St in Five Points.

June 8

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 5:33 PM, at the 3100 block of W Tennessee Ave in Athmar Park.
  • Serious assault, at 3:44 PM, at the 1400 block of N Logan St in Capitol Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 10:04 AM, at 5630 N Tower Rd in DIA.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 8:45 AM, at E Maxwell Pl and N Chambers Rd in Montbello.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 8:00 AM, at 20th St and Blake St in Union Station.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:30 AM, at 8700 Pena Blvd in DIA.
  • Serious assault, at 5:30 AM, at 1217 20th St in Five Points.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:48 AM, at 6790 E Cedar Ave in Hilltop.

June 7

  • Serious assault, at 8:00 PM, at 4769 N Grant St in Globeville.
  • Serious assault, at 5:00 PM, at 8700 Pena Blvd in DIA.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 9:52 AM, at 5980 N Tower Rd in DIA.
  • Assault causing serious injury in which a gun was fired, at 9:52 AM, at 5980 N Tower Rd in DIA.
  • Serious assault, at 9:34 AM, at the 900 block of N Colorado Blvd in Congress Park.

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