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 302 and the median was 303.0. The most in any month was 445, in August 2023, and the least was 30 in October 2025.
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.
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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.
Featured: The best and worst neighborhoods for drug and alcohol crimes.
Drug and alcohol crime rate, Denver, 2025
- Civic Center: 76.88 per 1,000 residents (136 incidents total)
- CBD: 55.82 per 1,000 residents (226 incidents total)
- Auraria: 30.3 (25)
- Five Points: 26.14 (386)
- North Capitol Hill: 23.81 (141)
- Sun Valley: 20.86 (30)
- Capitol Hill: 19.49 (306)
- Union Station: 18.17 (92)
- East Colfax: 15.9 (179)
- DIA: 14.62 (18)
- City Park West: 13.09 (60)
- Lincoln Park: 12.75 (77)
- West Colfax: 12.72 (116)
- Valverde: 11.73 (44)
- Baker: 10.17 (59)
- Barnum: 8.65 (57)
- Clayton: 7.76 (33)
- Globeville: 7.04 (25)
- Elyria-Swansea: 7.04 (47)
- Athmar Park: 7.04 (61)
- Central Park: 6.92 (122)
- College View / South Platte: 6.04 (43)
- Northeast Park Hill: 5.94 (54)
- Barnum West: 4.95 (29)
- Overland: 4.94 (16)
- Villa Park: 4.93 (45)
- Westwood: 4.41 (73)
- Jefferson Park: 3.18 (9)
- Cheesman Park: 3.16 (27)
- Washington Virginia Vale: 2.75 (38)
- Speer: 2.72 (32)
- Kennedy: 2.6 (12)
- Cory-Merrill: 2.54 (12)
- Chaffee Park: 2.47 (10)
- Skyland: 2.22 (7)
- Montclair: 2.2 (13)
- Belcaro: 2.12 (10)
- Mar Lee: 2.12 (29)
- Rosedale: 2.06 (5)
- Harvey Park: 2.05 (26)
- Ruby Hill: 2.03 (22)
- University Hills: 1.86 (11)
- Cole: 1.74 (8)
- Goldsmith: 1.71 (9)
- Harvey Park South: 1.7 (15)
- Virginia Village: 1.7 (24)
- Congress Park: 1.51 (17)
- Highland: 1.45 (13)
- Platt Park: 1.39 (8)
- Hampden: 1.33 (25)
- Washington Park West: 1.24 (9)
- Sunnyside: 1.22 (12)
- Bear Valley: 1.19 (11)
- Hampden South: 1.01 (15)
- Whittier: 1.0 (6)
- Hilltop: 0.98 (9)
- Regis: 0.95 (4)
- City Park: 0.94 (3)
- Hale: 0.89 (6)
- South Park Hill: 0.87 (8)
- Montbello: 0.7 (24)
- Cherry Creek: 0.64 (4)
- Country Club: 0.63 (2)
- Lowry Field: 0.61 (5)
- 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)
- Southmoor Park: 0.41 (2)
- Sloan Lake: 0.38 (3)
- Windsor: 0.37 (5)
- Fort Logan: 0.34 (3)
- Wellshire: 0.3 (1)
- Marston: 0.27 (3)
- Washington Park: 0.14 (1)
- Berkeley: 0.12 (1)
Drug and alcohol crime count, Denver, 2025
- Five Points: 386 incidents
- Capitol Hill: 306
- CBD: 226
- East Colfax: 179
- North Capitol Hill: 141
- Civic Center: 136
- Central Park: 122
- West Colfax: 116
- Union Station: 92
- Lincoln Park: 77
- Westwood: 73
- Athmar Park: 61
- City Park West: 60
- Baker: 59
- Barnum: 57
- Northeast Park Hill: 54
- Elyria-Swansea: 47
- Villa Park: 45
- Valverde: 44
- College View / South Platte: 43
- Washington Virginia Vale: 38
- Clayton: 33
- Speer: 32
- Sun Valley: 30
- Mar Lee: 29
- Barnum West: 29
- Cheesman Park: 27
- Harvey Park: 26
- Globeville: 25
- Auraria: 25
- Hampden: 25
- Montbello: 24
- Virginia Village: 24
- Ruby Hill: 22
- DIA: 18
- Congress Park: 17
- Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 16
- Overland: 16
- Hampden South: 15
- Harvey Park South: 15
- Highland: 13
- Montclair: 13
- Kennedy: 12
- Cory-Merrill: 12
- Sunnyside: 12
- University Hills: 11
- Bear Valley: 11
- Belcaro: 10
- Chaffee Park: 10
- Goldsmith: 9
- Jefferson Park: 9
- Hilltop: 9
- Washington Park West: 9
- South Park Hill: 8
- Cole: 8
- Platt Park: 8
- Skyland: 7
- Hale: 6
- Whittier: 6
- Lowry Field: 5
- Windsor: 5
- North Park Hill: 5
- Rosedale: 5
- Regis: 4
- University: 4
- University Park: 4
- West Highland: 4
- Cherry Creek: 4
- Fort Logan: 3
- Sloan Lake: 3
- City Park: 3
- Marston: 3
- Country Club: 2
- Southmoor Park: 2
- Washington Park: 1
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- Berkeley: 1
- Wellshire: 1
Recent Denver drug and alcohol crimes
October 3
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 3:05 AM, at E 12th Ave and N Ogden St in Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 2:37 AM, at E 14th Ave and N Adams St in Congress Park.
October 2
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:44 PM, at the 2800 block of W Short Pl in Valverde.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 11:44 PM, at the 2800 block of W Short Pl in Valverde.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:17 PM, at E Speer Blvd and N Broadway St in Lincoln Park.
- Selling opium or an opium derivative, at 8:37 PM, at 1300 W Colfax Ave in Lincoln Park.
- Selling heroin, at 7:00 PM, at 6470 E Hampden Ave in Hampden South.
- Selling cocaine, at 7:00 PM, at 6470 E Hampden Ave in Hampden South.
- Selling methampetamine, at 7:00 PM, at 6470 E Hampden Ave in Hampden South.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 12:57 PM, at the 2200 block of S Monaco St in Goldsmith.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 12:57 PM, at the 2200 block of S Monaco St in Goldsmith.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 10:02 AM, at S Federal Blvd and W Alameda Ave in Westwood.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 6:16 AM, at W Colfax Ave and N Perry St in West Colfax.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 6:16 AM, at W Colfax Ave and N Perry St in West Colfax.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 12:40 AM, at 2075 N Broadway St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 12:20 AM, at 951 20th St in Five Points.
October 1
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:53 PM, at 21St St and Champa St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:20 PM, at W Evans Ave and S Clay St in College View / South Platte.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 11:20 PM, at W Evans Ave and S Clay St in College View / South Platte.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:05 PM, at the 8100 block of E Colfax Ave in East Colfax.
- Selling cocaine, at 6:45 PM, at the 1500 block of N Pennsylvania St in North Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 4:19 PM, at 2304 Curtis St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 3:55 PM, at 1972 S Wolcott Ct in Harvey Park.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 3:55 PM, at 1972 S Wolcott Ct in Harvey Park.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 2:17 PM, at 4849 N Bannock St in Globeville.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 7:43 AM, at 2727 W Evans Ave in College View / South Platte.
- Selling cocaine, at 5:16 AM, at the 1600 block of N Downing St in North Capitol Hill.
- Selling opium or an opium derivative, at 2:00 AM, at 3737 S Monaco St in Southmoor Park.
- Selling methampetamine, at 2:00 AM, at 3737 S Monaco St in Southmoor Park.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 12:01 AM, at 3375 N Colorado Blvd in Clayton.
September 30
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:50 PM, at the 5100 block of W 5th Ave in Barnum West.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 11:50 PM, at the 5100 block of W 5th Ave in Barnum West.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 11:06 PM, at 1025 N Decatur St in Sun Valley.
- Selling cocaine, at 11:01 PM, at N Colorado Blvd and E Bruce Randolph Ave in Clayton.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 11:00 PM, at 50 E Colfax Ave in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:42 PM, at W 12th Ave and N Hooker St in Villa Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 6:30 PM, at N Speer Blvd and N Bannock St in Civic Center.
- Possession of heroin, at 5:48 PM, at 940 N Broadway St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 5:40 PM, at 8300 E Colfax Ave in East Colfax.
- Selling cocaine, at 5:30 PM, at the 4300 block of Morrison Rd in Westwood.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 4:27 PM, at 1400K N Pennsylvania Pearl alley in Capitol Hill.
- Selling cocaine, at 4:00 PM, at the 1600 block of N Pennsylvania St in North Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 9:10 AM, at the 2500 block of N Federal Blvd in Jefferson Park.
September 29
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:00 PM, at Morrison Rd and S Sheridan Blvd in Westwood.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 8:40 PM, at the 1500 block of N Pennsylvania St in North Capitol Hill.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 6:00 PM, at S Wolff St and W Bingham Pl in Westwood.
- Possession of opium or an opium derivative, at 6:41 AM, at the 2900 block of W Exposition Ave in Athmar Park.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 6:41 AM, at the 2900 block of W Exposition Ave in Athmar Park.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 1:50 AM, at the 3700 block of N High St in Cole.
September 28
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:47 PM, at 1575 N Pennsylvania St in North Capitol Hill.
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