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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 Thursday July 3rd.

Denver serious assaults are up in the past 30 days (221) compared with the 30 days before that (202), and down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

  • Denver has had 1279 serious assaults reported so far this year, an average of 212.5 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 109.
  • The average number of serious assaults per neighborhood this year is 16.4.

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 225.2 and the median was 226.5. The most in any month was 305, in July 2023, and the least was zero in July 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 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.

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Serious assault rate, Denver, 2025

  1. Civic Center: 22.05 per 1,000 residents (39 incidents total)
  2. DIA: 13.0 per 1,000 residents (16 incidents total)
  3. Union Station: 11.46 (58)
  4. CBD: 10.13 (41)
  5. Five Points: 7.38 (109)
  6. City Park West: 6.55 (30)
  7. North Capitol Hill: 6.42 (38)
  8. Sun Valley: 5.56 (8)
  9. Lincoln Park: 5.3 (32)
  10. Globeville: 4.79 (17)
  11. East Colfax: 3.91 (44)
  12. Northeast Park Hill: 3.85 (35)
  13. West Colfax: 3.62 (33)
  14. Baker: 3.62 (21)
  15. Elyria-Swansea: 3.3 (22)
  16. Kennedy: 3.04 (14)
  17. Capitol Hill: 2.67 (42)
  18. City Park: 2.5 (8)
  19. Goldsmith: 2.47 (13)
  20. Auraria: 2.42 (2)
  21. Central Park: 2.33 (41)
  22. Overland: 2.16 (7)
  23. Valverde: 2.13 (8)
  24. Westwood: 2.11 (35)
  25. College View / South Platte: 1.97 (14)
  26. Athmar Park: 1.96 (17)
  27. Clayton: 1.88 (8)
  28. Villa Park: 1.86 (17)
  29. Washington Virginia Vale: 1.74 (24)
  30. Barnum: 1.67 (11)
  31. Ruby Hill: 1.66 (18)
  32. Mar Lee: 1.61 (22)
  33. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 1.57 (55)
  34. Barnum West: 1.54 (9)
  35. Sunnyside: 1.53 (15)
  36. Montclair: 1.52 (9)
  37. Cheesman Park: 1.4 (12)
  38. Harvey Park: 1.34 (17)
  39. South Park Hill: 1.31 (12)
  40. Cole: 1.3 (6)
  41. Berkeley: 1.28 (11)
  42. Lowry Field: 1.22 (10)
  43. Montbello: 1.22 (42)
  44. University Hills: 1.18 (7)
  45. Whittier: 1.17 (7)
  46. Harvey Park South: 1.13 (10)
  47. Jefferson Park: 1.06 (3)
  48. Windsor: 1.02 (14)
  49. Highland: 1.0 (9)
  50. Congress Park: 0.98 (11)
  51. Bear Valley: 0.97 (9)
  52. Hampden: 0.95 (18)
  53. Speer: 0.94 (11)
  54. Hale: 0.89 (6)
  55. Southmoor Park: 0.83 (4)
  56. Hampden South: 0.81 (12)
  57. Fort Logan: 0.8 (7)
  58. Marston: 0.8 (9)
  59. Washington Park West: 0.69 (5)
  60. Sloan Lake: 0.64 (5)
  61. University: 0.64 (6)
  62. Wellshire: 0.59 (2)
  63. Washington Park: 0.55 (4)
  64. West Highland: 0.54 (5)
  65. University Park: 0.53 (4)
  66. Cherry Creek: 0.48 (3)
  67. North Park Hill: 0.47 (5)
  68. Regis: 0.47 (2)
  69. Hilltop: 0.43 (4)
  70. Virginia Village: 0.42 (6)
  71. Cory-Merrill: 0.42 (2)
  72. Rosedale: 0.41 (1)
  73. Platt Park: 0.35 (2)
  74. Skyland: 0.32 (1)
  75. Country Club: 0.31 (1)
  76. Chaffee Park: 0.25 (1)

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Serious assault count, Denver, 2025

  1. Five Points: 109 incidents
  2. Union Station: 58
  3. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 55
  4. East Colfax: 44
  5. Capitol Hill: 42
  6. Montbello: 42
  7. Central Park: 41
  8. CBD: 41
  9. Civic Center: 39
  10. North Capitol Hill: 38
  11. Northeast Park Hill: 35
  12. Westwood: 35
  13. West Colfax: 33
  14. Lincoln Park: 32
  15. City Park West: 30
  16. Washington Virginia Vale: 24
  17. Elyria-Swansea: 22
  18. Mar Lee: 22
  19. Baker: 21
  20. Hampden: 18
  21. Ruby Hill: 18
  22. Villa Park: 17
  23. Athmar Park: 17
  24. Globeville: 17
  25. Harvey Park: 17
  26. DIA: 16
  27. Sunnyside: 15
  28. College View / South Platte: 14
  29. Windsor: 14
  30. Kennedy: 14
  31. Goldsmith: 13
  32. Hampden South: 12
  33. Cheesman Park: 12
  34. South Park Hill: 12
  35. Barnum: 11
  36. Congress Park: 11
  37. Berkeley: 11
  38. Speer: 11
  39. Lowry Field: 10
  40. Harvey Park South: 10
  41. Montclair: 9
  42. Highland: 9
  43. Barnum West: 9
  44. Marston: 9
  45. Bear Valley: 9
  46. Valverde: 8
  47. Clayton: 8
  48. Sun Valley: 8
  49. City Park: 8
  50. University Hills: 7
  51. Overland: 7
  52. Fort Logan: 7
  53. Whittier: 7
  54. Hale: 6
  55. Virginia Village: 6
  56. Cole: 6
  57. University: 6
  58. North Park Hill: 5
  59. Washington Park West: 5
  60. West Highland: 5
  61. Sloan Lake: 5
  62. Hilltop: 4
  63. Southmoor Park: 4
  64. University Park: 4
  65. Washington Park: 4
  66. Cherry Creek: 3
  67. Jefferson Park: 3
  68. Auraria: 2
  69. Cory-Merrill: 2
  70. Regis: 2
  71. Platt Park: 2
  72. Wellshire: 2
  73. : 1
  74. Rosedale: 1
  75. Chaffee Park: 1
  76. Skyland: 1
  77. Country Club: 1

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Recent Denver serious assaults

June 27

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:45 AM, at E Warren Ave and S Dahlia St in Goldsmith.
  • Assault causing serious injury in which a gun was fired, at 2:44 AM, at the 700 block of N Quince St in Lowry Field.

June 26

  • Serious assault, at 11:05 PM, at I-25 north-bound and E Hampden Ave in Hampden South.
  • Serious assault, at 9:44 PM, at 20th St and Wazee St in Union Station.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:14 PM, at I-70 west-bound and N Northfield Quebec St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 3:05 PM, at the 1100 block of N Logan St in Capitol Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 10:17 AM, at the 1800 block of Market St in Union Station.
  • Serious assault, at 5:49 AM, at 1535 N High St in City Park West.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:55 AM, at the 9200 block of E Lehigh Ave in Hampden South.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 1:37 AM, at 3023 W Avondale Dr in West Colfax.

June 25

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 11:44 PM, at I-270 east-bound and I-70 east-bound in Central Park.
  • Serious assault, at 11:00 PM, at N Broadway St and E Colfax Ave in Civic Center.
  • Serious assault, at 6:09 AM, at N Broadway St and Lawrence St in Five Points.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:45 AM, at the 7100 block of E Mississippi Ave in Washington Virginia Vale.

June 24

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 9:50 PM, at I-25 north-bound and E Hampden Ave in Hampden South.
  • Serious assault, at 5:30 PM, at 3520 W Oxford Ave in Fort Logan.
  • Serious assault, at 3:30 PM, at 201 E 6th Ave in Speer.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 12:20 PM, at the 3100 block of S Tamarac Dr in Hampden.
  • Serious assault, at 1:19 AM, at E Colfax Ave and N Washington St in Capitol Hill.

June 23

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:35 PM, at 8100 W Crestline Ave in Marston.
  • Serious assault, at 4:20 PM, at 16th St and Arapahoe St in CBD.
  • Serious assault, at 4:08 PM, at 10500 E Smith Rd in Central Park.
  • Serious assault, at 7:29 AM, at 12880 E Albrook Dr in Montbello.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 7:15 AM, at 650 15th St in CBD.
  • Serious assault, at 7:00 AM, at the 2800 block of S Sheridan Blvd in Bear Valley.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:20 AM, at 20th St and Wazee St in Union Station.
  • Serious assault, at 5:32 AM, at 1901 29th St in Five Points.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:05 AM, at 1600 California St in CBD.

June 22

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 8:31 PM, at N Fraser Way and E Gateway Ave in Montbello.
  • Serious assault, at 10:47 AM, at Park Avenue west and California St in Five Points.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 10:47 AM, at the 1400 block of N Ogden St in Capitol Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 9:47 AM, at the 1300 block of N Yosemite St in East Colfax.
  • Serious assault, at 9:41 AM, at the 7100 block of E Mississippi Ave in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Serious assault, at 6:53 AM, at 2034 Larimer St in Five Points.
  • Serious assault, at 6:44 AM, at W Colfax Ave and N Speer Blvd in Lincoln Park.
  • Serious assault, at 5:30 AM, at 1701 N Bryant St in Sun Valley.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 5:00 AM, at the 5300 block of N Dillon St in Montbello.
  • Serious assault, at 4:00 AM, at 777 N Bannock St in Lincoln Park.
  • Serious assault, at 3:40 AM, at 2001 Blake St in Five Points.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:28 AM, at the 6400 block of E Bethany Pl in Hampden.

June 21

  • Serious assault, at 11:30 PM, at 1375 E 19th Ave in City Park West.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 5:00 PM, at 3550 S Kendall St in Bear Valley.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:00 PM, at 1260 N Vrain St in West Colfax.
  • Assault causing serious injury in which a gun was fired, at 10:16 AM, at 1975 E Colfax Ave in City Park West.
  • Serious assault, at 7:37 AM, at 3935 N Quebec St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 6:44 AM, at 3125 W Arkansas Ave in Mar Lee.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:07 AM, at the 800 block of 16th St in CBD.
  • Serious assault, at 1:15 AM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.

June 20

  • Serious assault, at 9:18 PM, at 1375 E 19th Ave in City Park West.
  • Serious assault, at 8:05 PM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.

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