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 297.6 and the median was 299.0. The most in any month was 446, in September 2024, and the least was 152 in October 2021.
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.
- Montclair fell 13 ranks, from 46th to 33rd.
- Country Club fell 20 ranks, from 78th to 58th.
Featured: The best and worst neighborhoods for drug and alcohol crimes.
Drug and alcohol crime rate, Denver, 2025
- Civic Center: 55.96 per 1,000 residents (99 incidents total)
- CBD: 46.68 per 1,000 residents (189 incidents total)
- Auraria: 26.67 (22)
- Five Points: 21.4 (316)
- North Capitol Hill: 17.56 (104)
- Sun Valley: 16.69 (24)
- Capitol Hill: 16.24 (255)
- Union Station: 14.22 (72)
- DIA: 13.81 (17)
- East Colfax: 12.97 (146)
- Valverde: 10.67 (40)
- Lincoln Park: 10.6 (64)
- Baker: 9.31 (54)
- West Colfax: 9.1 (83)
- Barnum: 7.89 (52)
- City Park West: 7.42 (34)
- Elyria-Swansea: 6.89 (46)
- Athmar Park: 6.01 (52)
- Central Park: 5.84 (103)
- College View / South Platte: 5.33 (38)
- Globeville: 5.07 (18)
- Villa Park: 4.49 (41)
- Clayton: 4.47 (19)
- Northeast Park Hill: 4.29 (39)
- Barnum West: 4.27 (25)
- Overland: 3.39 (11)
- Westwood: 3.14 (52)
- Cheesman Park: 2.46 (21)
- Kennedy: 2.39 (11)
- Speer: 2.38 (28)
- Belcaro: 2.33 (11)
- Washington Virginia Vale: 2.31 (32)
- Montclair: 2.2 (13)
- Rosedale: 2.06 (5)
- Cory-Merrill: 1.91 (9)
- Skyland: 1.91 (6)
- Harvey Park: 1.81 (23)
- Jefferson Park: 1.77 (5)
- University Hills: 1.69 (10)
- Mar Lee: 1.68 (23)
- Ruby Hill: 1.66 (18)
- Harvey Park South: 1.58 (14)
- Virginia Village: 1.49 (21)
- Chaffee Park: 1.48 (6)
- Congress Park: 1.33 (15)
- Washington Park West: 1.24 (9)
- Highland: 1.22 (11)
- Bear Valley: 1.19 (11)
- Cole: 1.09 (5)
- Whittier: 1.0 (6)
- Hilltop: 0.98 (9)
- Goldsmith: 0.95 (5)
- Sunnyside: 0.92 (9)
- Platt Park: 0.87 (5)
- Hampden: 0.8 (15)
- South Park Hill: 0.77 (7)
- Hampden South: 0.74 (11)
- Hale: 0.74 (5)
- University Park: 0.66 (5)
- Country Club: 0.63 (2)
- City Park: 0.63 (2)
- Montbello: 0.55 (19)
- Cherry Creek: 0.48 (3)
- Regis: 0.47 (2)
- University: 0.43 (4)
- West Highland: 0.43 (4)
- Southmoor Park: 0.41 (2)
- Sloan Lake: 0.38 (3)
- Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 0.37 (13)
- Wellshire: 0.3 (1)
- Windsor: 0.29 (4)
- North Park Hill: 0.28 (3)
- Marston: 0.27 (3)
- Lowry Field: 0.24 (2)
- Berkeley: 0.12 (1)
- Fort Logan: 0.11 (1)
Drug and alcohol crime count, Denver, 2025
- Five Points: 316 incidents
- Capitol Hill: 255
- CBD: 189
- East Colfax: 146
- North Capitol Hill: 104
- Central Park: 103
- Civic Center: 99
- West Colfax: 83
- Union Station: 72
- Lincoln Park: 64
- Baker: 54
- Barnum: 52
- Athmar Park: 52
- Westwood: 52
- Elyria-Swansea: 46
- Villa Park: 41
- Valverde: 40
- Northeast Park Hill: 39
- College View / South Platte: 38
- City Park West: 34
- Washington Virginia Vale: 32
- Speer: 28
- Barnum West: 25
- Sun Valley: 24
- Harvey Park: 23
- Mar Lee: 23
- Auraria: 22
- Virginia Village: 21
- Cheesman Park: 21
- Montbello: 19
- Clayton: 19
- Globeville: 18
- Ruby Hill: 18
- DIA: 17
- Hampden: 15
- Congress Park: 15
- Harvey Park South: 14
- Montclair: 13
- Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 13
- Bear Valley: 11
- Highland: 11
- Hampden South: 11
- Belcaro: 11
- Overland: 11
- Kennedy: 11
- University Hills: 10
- Cory-Merrill: 9
- Sunnyside: 9
- Washington Park West: 9
- Hilltop: 9
- South Park Hill: 7
- Chaffee Park: 6
- Skyland: 6
- Whittier: 6
- Cole: 5
- Hale: 5
- Goldsmith: 5
- Rosedale: 5
- Platt Park: 5
- Jefferson Park: 5
- University Park: 5
- Windsor: 4
- University: 4
- West Highland: 4
- Cherry Creek: 3
- Sloan Lake: 3
- North Park Hill: 3
- Marston: 3
- Country Club: 2
- City Park: 2
- Southmoor Park: 2
- Lowry Field: 2
- Regis: 2
- Fort Logan: 1
- Berkeley: 1
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- Wellshire: 1
Recent Denver drug and alcohol crimes
August 15
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 6:00 AM, at E 35th Ave and N Colorado Blvd in Clayton.
- Illegal possession of liquor, at 6:00 AM, at E 35th Ave and N Colorado Blvd in Clayton.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 4:46 AM, at E Colfax Ave and N Yosemite St in East Colfax.
August 14
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:45 PM, at 100K W 12th Ave in Civic Center.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:29 PM, at 16th St and Wazee St in Union Station.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 11:25 PM, at 3699 S Monaco St in Hampden South.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:23 PM, at the 2100 block of Arapahoe Lawrence alley in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:14 PM, at the 1300 block of 21St St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:14 PM, at the 1300 block of 21St St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:03 PM, at E 14th Ave and N Pearl St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:03 PM, at 951 20th St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:00 PM, at 21St St and Champa St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 11:00 PM, at 951 20th St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:52 PM, at the 2200 block of Stout St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:52 PM, at 22nd St and Stout St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 10:50 PM, at 21St St and Stout St in Five Points.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:43 PM, at E 33rd Ave and N Downing Marion alley in Cole.
- Selling opium or an opium derivative, at 10:21 PM, at E 40th Ave and N York St in Clayton.
- Selling a synthetic narcotic drug, at 10:21 PM, at E 40th Ave and N York St in Clayton.
- Possession of a synthetic narcotic drug, at 10:21 PM, at E 40th Ave and N York St in Clayton.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 10:15 PM, at 3417 W Kentucky Ave in Westwood.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 9:25 PM, at the 1000 block of N Broadway Acoma alley St in Civic Center.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 9:15 PM, at the 1200 block of N Broadway St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 6:30 PM, at 1535 N High St in City Park West.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 5:00 PM, at the 1100 block of N Broadway St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 2:56 PM, at the 1400 block of N Washington St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 2:47 PM, at the 1500 block of N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 5:46 AM, at 9575 E 40th Ave in Central Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 3:42 AM, at the 4900 block of N Trenton St in Central Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 3:36 AM, at the 1600 block of Arapahoe St in CBD.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 3:17 AM, at 100 W 13th Ave in Civic Center.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 3:17 AM, at 100 W 13th Ave in Civic Center.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 12:26 AM, at E 14th Ave and N Xenia St in East Colfax.
- Selling opium or an opium derivative, at 12:24 AM, at the 1300 block of N Meade St in West Colfax.
- Selling cocaine, at 12:24 AM, at the 1300 block of N Meade St in West Colfax.
- Selling methampetamine, at 12:24 AM, at the 1300 block of N Meade St in West Colfax.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 12:15 AM, at the 1300 block of N Osage St in Lincoln Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 12:01 AM, at the 1000 block of 16th St in CBD.
August 13
- Selling cocaine, at 8:45 PM, at 1111 E Colfax Ave in City Park West.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 7:40 PM, at W 10th Ave and N Tennyson St in Villa Park.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 7:30 PM, at 2131 Lawrence St in Five Points.
- Selling opium or an opium derivative, at 7:16 PM, at 1245 N Knox Ct in West Colfax.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 6:15 PM, at 1556 N Pennsylvania St in North Capitol Hill.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 5:15 PM, at E 11th Ave and N Ogden St in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 5:10 PM, at the 700 block of E Colfax Ave in Capitol Hill.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 2:20 PM, at the 2100 block of Curtis St in Five Points.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, at 7:01 AM, at 2243 N Eliot St in Jefferson Park.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 7:01 AM, at 2243 N Eliot St in Jefferson Park.
- Possession of methampetamine, at 4:40 AM, at the 2100 block of Stout St in Five Points.
- Other dangerous drugs - pcs, at 12:55 AM, at 6400 E Hampden Ave in Hampden South.
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