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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 May 15th.

Denver serious assaults are even in the past 30 days (294) compared with the 30 days before that (294), and down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

  • Denver has had 1083 serious assaults reported so far this year, an average of 245.7 per month / 8.1 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 93.
  • The average number of serious assaults per neighborhood this year is 13.88.

Denver’s serious assault rate

In 2025, Denver's serious assault rate’s 3.9 crimes per 1,000 residents. See the crime rate for the rest of Denver's crimes.

Updated: Colorado state crime rate charts.

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 280.1 and the median was 283.5. The most in any month was 378, in July 2023, and the least was 117 in May 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 6 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: 14.13 per 1,000 residents (25 incidents total)
  2. DIA: 8.94 per 1,000 residents (11 incidents total)
  3. Union Station: 8.49 (43)
  4. CBD: 7.66 (31)
  5. Five Points: 6.3 (93)
  6. Sun Valley: 6.26 (9)
  7. North Capitol Hill: 5.57 (33)
  8. City Park West: 4.58 (21)
  9. Lincoln Park: 4.14 (25)
  10. West Colfax: 3.51 (32)
  11. Globeville: 3.38 (12)
  12. East Colfax: 3.38 (38)
  13. Northeast Park Hill: 3.19 (29)
  14. Kennedy: 3.04 (14)
  15. Elyria-Swansea: 3.0 (20)
  16. Auraria: 2.42 (2)
  17. Baker: 2.41 (14)
  18. Valverde: 2.4 (9)
  19. Barnum: 2.12 (14)
  20. Goldsmith: 2.09 (11)
  21. Sunnyside: 1.93 (19)
  22. Villa Park: 1.86 (17)
  23. Overland: 1.85 (6)
  24. Capitol Hill: 1.78 (28)
  25. Westwood: 1.75 (29)
  26. Athmar Park: 1.73 (15)
  27. Central Park: 1.7 (30)
  28. Clayton: 1.65 (7)
  29. Washington Virginia Vale: 1.59 (22)
  30. College View / South Platte: 1.54 (11)
  31. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 1.52 (53)
  32. Montclair: 1.52 (9)
  33. Harvey Park: 1.42 (18)
  34. Cheesman Park: 1.4 (12)
  35. Mar Lee: 1.39 (19)
  36. City Park: 1.25 (4)
  37. Rosedale: 1.24 (3)
  38. Whittier: 1.17 (7)
  39. Harvey Park South: 1.13 (10)
  40. Ruby Hill: 1.11 (12)
  41. Windsor: 1.1 (15)
  42. Cole: 1.09 (5)
  43. Jefferson Park: 1.06 (3)
  44. Hale: 1.03 (7)
  45. Barnum West: 1.02 (6)
  46. University Hills: 1.01 (6)
  47. Lowry Field: 0.98 (8)
  48. Montbello: 0.96 (33)
  49. Skyland: 0.95 (3)
  50. Fort Logan: 0.91 (8)
  51. Hampden: 0.9 (17)
  52. Berkeley: 0.82 (7)
  53. Highland: 0.78 (7)
  54. South Park Hill: 0.77 (7)
  55. Congress Park: 0.71 (8)
  56. Hampden South: 0.67 (10)
  57. Bear Valley: 0.65 (6)
  58. West Highland: 0.65 (6)
  59. Sloan Lake: 0.64 (5)
  60. Southmoor Park: 0.62 (3)
  61. Marston: 0.62 (7)
  62. Speer: 0.6 (7)
  63. Indian Creek: 0.57 (2)
  64. Washington Park West: 0.55 (4)
  65. University: 0.53 (5)
  66. University Park: 0.53 (4)
  67. Cherry Creek: 0.48 (3)
  68. Regis: 0.47 (2)
  69. Virginia Village: 0.42 (6)
  70. Cory-Merrill: 0.42 (2)
  71. Washington Park: 0.41 (3)
  72. North Park Hill: 0.38 (4)
  73. Hilltop: 0.33 (3)
  74. Wellshire: 0.3 (1)
  75. Chaffee Park: 0.25 (1)

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Serious assault count, Denver, 2025

  1. Five Points: 93 incidents
  2. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 53
  3. Union Station: 43
  4. East Colfax: 38
  5. North Capitol Hill: 33
  6. Montbello: 33
  7. West Colfax: 32
  8. CBD: 31
  9. Central Park: 30
  10. Westwood: 29
  11. Northeast Park Hill: 29
  12. Capitol Hill: 28
  13. Civic Center: 25
  14. Lincoln Park: 25
  15. Washington Virginia Vale: 22
  16. City Park West: 21
  17. Elyria-Swansea: 20
  18. Mar Lee: 19
  19. Sunnyside: 19
  20. Harvey Park: 18
  21. Hampden: 17
  22. Villa Park: 17
  23. Athmar Park: 15
  24. Windsor: 15
  25. Barnum: 14
  26. Baker: 14
  27. Kennedy: 14
  28. Cheesman Park: 12
  29. Globeville: 12
  30. Ruby Hill: 12
  31. Goldsmith: 11
  32. College View / South Platte: 11
  33. DIA: 11
  34. Hampden South: 10
  35. Harvey Park South: 10
  36. Sun Valley: 9
  37. Valverde: 9
  38. Montclair: 9
  39. Congress Park: 8
  40. Lowry Field: 8
  41. Fort Logan: 8
  42. Hale: 7
  43. Speer: 7
  44. Highland: 7
  45. Whittier: 7
  46. Berkeley: 7
  47. South Park Hill: 7
  48. Clayton: 7
  49. Marston: 7
  50. Virginia Village: 6
  51. University Hills: 6
  52. Barnum West: 6
  53. Bear Valley: 6
  54. West Highland: 6
  55. Overland: 6
  56. Sloan Lake: 5
  57. University: 5
  58. Cole: 5
  59. City Park: 4
  60. University Park: 4
  61. North Park Hill: 4
  62. Washington Park West: 4
  63. Washington Park: 3
  64. Hilltop: 3
  65. Skyland: 3
  66. Southmoor Park: 3
  67. Jefferson Park: 3
  68. Cherry Creek: 3
  69. Rosedale: 3
  70. Cory-Merrill: 2
  71. Auraria: 2
  72. Indian Creek: 2
  73. Regis: 2
  74. : 1
  75. Wellshire: 1
  76. Chaffee Park: 1

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Recent Denver serious assaults

May 12

  • Serious assault, at 7:45 PM, at the 1300 block of N Xenia St in East Colfax.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:16 PM, at the 900 block of N Galapago St in Lincoln Park.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:18 PM, at 4400 E Mississippi Ave in Virginia Village.
  • Serious assault, at 12:35 PM, at 3259 S Parker Rd in Kennedy.
  • Serious assault, at 10:17 AM, at 2844 N Downing St in Whittier.
  • Serious assault, at 8:34 AM, at 1100 E 18th Ave in City Park West.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 4:17 AM in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:09 AM, at 31St St and Curtis St in Five Points.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 12:35 AM, at the 5000 block of N Harlan St in Regis.
  • Serious assault, at 12:27 AM, at the 5000 block of E Warren Ave in Goldsmith.
  • Serious assault, at 12:15 AM, at the 5100 block of Leetsdale Dr in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 12:01 AM, at the 3200 block of N Shoshone St in Highland.

May 11

  • Serious assault, at 11:00 PM, at 4255 N Kittredge St in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 10:30 PM, at E 56th Ave and N Tower Rd in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 9:50 PM, at the 5000 block of E MLK Blvd in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 6:06 PM, at 4670 N Peoria St in Montbello.
  • Serious assault, at 6:04 PM, at the 2600 block of E 43rd Ave in Elyria-Swansea.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 5:01 PM, at the 4400 block of S Zenobia St in Fort Logan.
  • Serious assault, at 5:00 PM, at W Evans Ave and S Tejon St in College View / South Platte.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:10 PM, at E 1St Ave and N University Blvd in Cherry Creek.
  • Serious assault, at 4:00 PM, at 3443 S Galena St in Hampden.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:25 PM, at E 36th Ave and N Quebec St in Central Park.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 12:00 PM in Montclair.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 10:00 AM in Cole.
  • Serious assault, at 3:08 AM, at the 1400 block of 14th St in Auraria.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 1:52 AM, at the 15000 block of E Randolph Pl in Montbello.

May 10

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 11:26 PM, at 1650 N Raleigh St in West Colfax.
  • Serious assault, at 11:00 PM, at 119 S Broadway St in Baker.
  • Serious assault, at 7:54 PM, at 20743 E 40th Ave in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:50 PM, at the 1100 block of N Sherman St in Capitol Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 3:30 PM, at 7150 Leetsdale Dr in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 11:19 AM in East Colfax.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 8:30 AM in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Serious assault, at 6:12 AM, at 2949 W Alameda Ave in Valverde.
  • Assault causing serious injury in which a gun was fired, at 1:57 AM, at 18th St and Wazee St in Union Station.
  • Serious assault, at 12:07 AM, at 8 N Broadway St in Speer.

May 9

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 10:00 PM in Goldsmith.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 7:00 PM in Capitol Hill.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 6:15 PM in Elyria-Swansea.
  • Serious assault, at 5:54 PM, at E Colfax Ave and N Xanthia St in East Colfax.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 1:00 PM, at 7200 E Quincy Ave in Hampden South.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 11:00 AM in West Colfax.
  • Serious assault, at 8:20 AM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.

May 8

  • Serious assault, at 10:30 PM, at 2400 N Central Park Blvd in Central Park.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:30 PM, at the 1500 block of N Xanthia St in East Colfax.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 4:54 PM, at the 3000 block of N Locust St in .
  • Serious assault, at 4:13 PM, at 2727 W Evans Ave in .
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:48 PM, at 1455 N Vine St in .
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 6:32 AM, at 1050 N Ames St in .
  • Serious assault, at 2:17 AM, at the 1500 block of N Pearl St in .

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