Denver neighborhood map, drug and alcohol crimes, 2025
Reported drug and alcohol crimes. Hover over or tap a neighborhood for details.
Denver drug and alcohol crime statistics
Monthly reported drug and alcohol crimes in Denver
In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 305.2 and the median was 303.0. The most in any month was 442, in August 2023, and the least was 181 in June 2022.
Drug and alcohol crime crimes, by time of day
What time reported drug and alcohol crimes happen in Denver.
Drug and alcohol crime crimes, by weekday
The day of the week reported drug and alcohol crimes happen.
Featured: The 16th Street Mall crime report.
Denver drug and alcohol crimes in the news
- Denver’s naloxone vending machines dispense 2,000-plus free boxes in first months
- Published July 1
- What we saw during 8 hours with Denver police on 16th Street mall
- Published June 15
- 2 Denver students say their middle school teacher gave them pot brownies. She’s now on trial.
- Published June 12
- Former Denver teacher found guilty of giving pot brownies to middle school students
- Published June 12
Recent crime ranking changes in drug and alcohol crime
There were 2 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.
- Kennedy fell 5 ranks, from 35th to 30th.
- Barnum West fell 5 ranks, from 41st to 36th.
Featured: The best and worst neighborhoods for drug and alcohol crimes.
Drug and alcohol crime rate, Denver, 2025
- Civic Center: 81.97 per 1,000 residents (145 incidents total)
- CBD: 58.53 per 1,000 residents (237 incidents total)
- Auraria: 31.52 (26)
- Five Points: 28.3 (418)
- North Capitol Hill: 26.34 (156)
- Sun Valley: 25.73 (37)
- Capitol Hill: 20.38 (320)
- Union Station: 19.76 (100)
- East Colfax: 17.24 (194)
- DIA: 15.43 (19)
- West Colfax: 13.71 (125)
- Lincoln Park: 13.25 (80)
- City Park West: 12.87 (59)
- Valverde: 12.53 (47)
- Baker: 11.04 (64)
- Barnum: 9.4 (62)
- Globeville: 8.45 (30)
- Clayton: 8.24 (35)
- Athmar Park: 7.39 (64)
- Central Park: 7.21 (127)
- Elyria-Swansea: 7.04 (47)
- College View / South Platte: 6.74 (48)
- Overland: 5.86 (19)
- Barnum West: 5.8 (34)
- Northeast Park Hill: 5.72 (52)
- Villa Park: 5.36 (49)
- Westwood: 5.01 (83)
- Jefferson Park: 4.24 (12)
- Cheesman Park: 3.16 (27)
- Kennedy: 3.04 (14)
- Skyland: 2.86 (9)
- Washington Virginia Vale: 2.82 (39)
- Speer: 2.81 (33)
- Chaffee Park: 2.72 (11)
- Cory-Merrill: 2.54 (12)
- Harvey Park: 2.36 (30)
- Mar Lee: 2.27 (31)
- Montclair: 2.2 (13)
- Cole: 2.17 (10)
- Belcaro: 2.12 (10)
- Goldsmith: 2.09 (11)
- Rosedale: 2.06 (5)
- University Hills: 2.03 (12)
- Ruby Hill: 2.03 (22)
- Harvey Park South: 1.92 (17)
- Virginia Village: 1.84 (26)
- Congress Park: 1.6 (18)
- Platt Park: 1.39 (8)
- Whittier: 1.34 (8)
- Highland: 1.33 (12)
- Hampden: 1.27 (24)
- City Park: 1.25 (4)
- Washington Park West: 1.24 (9)
- Sunnyside: 1.22 (12)
- Hampden South: 1.21 (18)
- Bear Valley: 1.19 (11)
- Hilltop: 0.98 (9)
- Regis: 0.95 (4)
- Hale: 0.89 (6)
- Southmoor Park: 0.83 (4)
- Fort Logan: 0.8 (7)
- South Park Hill: 0.77 (7)
- Lowry Field: 0.73 (6)
- Montbello: 0.72 (25)
- Cherry Creek: 0.64 (4)
- Country Club: 0.63 (2)
- University Park: 0.53 (4)
- North Park Hill: 0.47 (5)
- Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 0.46 (16)
- University: 0.43 (4)
- West Highland: 0.43 (4)
- Sloan Lake: 0.38 (3)
- Windsor: 0.37 (5)
- Wellshire: 0.3 (1)
- Marston: 0.27 (3)
- Berkeley: 0.23 (2)
- Washington Park: 0.14 (1)
Drug and alcohol crime count, Denver, 2025
- Five Points: 418 incidents
- Capitol Hill: 320
- CBD: 237
- East Colfax: 194
- North Capitol Hill: 156
- Civic Center: 145
- Central Park: 127
- West Colfax: 125
- Union Station: 100
- Westwood: 83
- Lincoln Park: 80
- Baker: 64
- Athmar Park: 64
- Barnum: 62
- City Park West: 59
- Northeast Park Hill: 52
- Villa Park: 49
- College View / South Platte: 48
- Elyria-Swansea: 47
- Valverde: 47
- Washington Virginia Vale: 39
- Sun Valley: 37
- Clayton: 35
- Barnum West: 34
- Speer: 33
- Mar Lee: 31
- Globeville: 30
- Harvey Park: 30
- Cheesman Park: 27
- Virginia Village: 26
- Auraria: 26
- Montbello: 25
- Hampden: 24
- Ruby Hill: 22
- DIA: 19
- Overland: 19
- Congress Park: 18
- Hampden South: 18
- Harvey Park South: 17
- Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 16
- Kennedy: 14
- Montclair: 13
- University Hills: 12
- Highland: 12
- Cory-Merrill: 12
- Jefferson Park: 12
- Sunnyside: 12
- Goldsmith: 11
- Bear Valley: 11
- Chaffee Park: 11
- Belcaro: 10
- Cole: 10
- Skyland: 9
- Hilltop: 9
- Washington Park West: 9
- Platt Park: 8
- Whittier: 8
- Fort Logan: 7
- South Park Hill: 7
- Lowry Field: 6
- Hale: 6
- Windsor: 5
- North Park Hill: 5
- Rosedale: 5
- Regis: 4
- University: 4
- University Park: 4
- City Park: 4
- West Highland: 4
- Cherry Creek: 4
- Southmoor Park: 4
- Sloan Lake: 3
- Marston: 3
- Country Club: 2
- Berkeley: 2
- Washington Park: 1
- : 1
- Wellshire: 1
Recent Denver drug and alcohol crimes
October 24
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 12:22 AM, at the 1500 block of Welton St in CBD.
October 23
- Possession of methampetamine, at 10:44 PM, at 1905 E 16th Ave in City Park West.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:44 PM, at 1905 E 16th Ave in City Park West.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 2:28 PM, at 1115 N Broadway St in Civic Center.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 2:11 PM, at 3635 S Monaco St in Hampden South.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 2:11 PM, at 3635 S Monaco St in Hampden South.
- Selling marijuana, at 9:18 AM, at 955 Lawrence Way in Auraria.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 6:55 AM, at 901 W 10th Ave in Lincoln Park.
- Possession of marijuana, at 6:55 AM, at 901 W 10th Ave in Lincoln Park.
- Selling a synthetic narcotic drug, at 2:18 AM, at 1625 N Clarkson St in North Capitol Hill.
October 22
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:40 PM, at 16th St and Chestnut Pl in Union Station.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:15 PM, at 1738 Wynkoop St in Union Station.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:30 PM, at 3253 S Parker Rd in Kennedy.
- Illegal possession of liquor, at 10:25 PM, at E Colfax Ave and N Ogden St in North Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:20 PM, at the 1500 block of S Lowell Blvd in Mar Lee.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:20 PM, at the 1500 block of S Lowell Blvd in Mar Lee.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:15 PM, at the 1500 block of N Downing St in City Park West.
- Illegal possession of liquor, at 10:00 PM, at E Colfax Ave and N High St in Cheesman Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 8:35 PM, at the 1200 block of N Broadway St in Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 8:35 PM, at the 1200 block of N Broadway St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 8:30 PM, at the 1300 block of N Broadway St in Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 11:17 AM, at 550 E 12th Ave in Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 5:04 AM, at E 14th Ave and N Valentia St in East Colfax.
October 21
- Illegal possession of liquor, at 10:22 PM, at E Colfax Ave and N High St in Cheesman Park.
- Selling opium or an opium derivative, at 8:52 PM, at W Exposition Ave and S Vallejo St in Athmar Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 5:56 PM, at N Broadway St and E 9th Ave in Civic Center.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 6:38 AM, at 5225 E Colfax Ave in South Park Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 5:22 AM, at the 2600 block of N Federal Blvd in Jefferson Park.
October 20
- Illegal possession of liquor, at 11:12 PM, at E Colfax Ave and N High St in Cheesman Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:45 PM, at 1550 Wewatta St in Union Station.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 7:15 PM, at the 2200 block of S Albion St in University Hills.
- Possession of cocaine, at 9:26 AM, at 15th St and Lawrence St in CBD.
- Possession of a synthetic narcotic drug, at 6:38 AM, at E 16th Ave and N Syracuse St in East Colfax.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 4:55 AM, at E 48th Ave and Connecting Rd in Northeast Park Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 1:29 AM, at 6802 E Yale Ave in Hampden.
October 19
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 4:36 PM, at 1690 N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 4:36 PM, at 1690 N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 1:53 AM, at 3440 Park Avenue west in Globeville.
October 18
- Selling opium or an opium derivative, at 11:50 PM, at 777 N Bannock St in Lincoln Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 6:53 PM, at the 1500 block of N Pennsylvania St in North Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 4:24 PM, at the 1300 block of N Emerson St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 1:30 AM, at 1310 N Federal Blvd in Sun Valley.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 1:26 AM, at W Colfax Ave and N Osage St in Lincoln Park.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 12:15 AM, at 7800 E Smith Rd in Central Park.
October 17
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:45 PM, at the 1700 block of Wynkoop and Wazee alley in Union Station.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 7:11 PM, at 505 E Colfax Ave in North Capitol Hill.
- Possession of cocaine, at 4:08 PM, at E Colfax Ave and N Syracuse St in East Colfax.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 4:08 PM, at E Colfax Ave and N Syracuse St in East Colfax.
- Fraud to obtain drugs, at 7:00 AM, at 757 E 20th Ave in Five Points.
- Possession of opium or an opium derivative, at 1:01 AM, at E Florida Ave and S Monaco St in Virginia Village.
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