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The Denver violent crime report

Violent crime crime stats, charts, data, rankings, maps and news for the City of Denver and its neighborhoods for the year 2025. Last updated Monday May 12th.

Denver violent crimes are down in the past 30 days (372) compared with the 30 days before that (437), and down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

  • Denver has had 1639 violent crimes reported so far this year, an average of 380.3 per month / 12.5 per day.
  • In 2024, Denver averaged 458.2 per month, and the year before that (2023) Denver averaged 460.9 per month.
  • The most violent crimes any neighborhood in Denver has had in 2025 is Five Points, with 134.
  • The average number of violent crimes per neighborhood this year is 21.01.

Denver’s violent crime rate

In 2025, Denver's violent crime rate’s 6.1 crimes per 1,000 residents. See the crime rate for the rest of Denver's crimes.

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Denver neighborhood map, violent crimes per 1,000 residents, 2025

Reported violent crimes per 1,000 residents. Hover over or tap a neighborhood for details.

 

Denver violent crime statistics

Monthly reported violent crimes in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 442.3 and the median was 452.0. The most in any month was 574, in July 2023, and the least was 47 in May 2025.

Violent crime crimes, by time of day

What time reported violent crimes happen in Denver.

Violent crime crimes, by weekday

The day of the week reported violent crimes happen.

New: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in violent crime

There were 13 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 violent crimes.

Violent crime rate, Denver, 2025

  1. Civic Center: 19.79 per 1,000 residents (35 incidents total)
  2. DIA: 13.0 per 1,000 residents (16 incidents total)
  3. Union Station: 11.85 (60)
  4. Sun Valley: 11.13 (16)
  5. CBD: 10.37 (42)
  6. Five Points: 9.07 (134)
  7. North Capitol Hill: 8.27 (49)
  8. Lincoln Park: 7.45 (45)
  9. City Park West: 7.42 (34)
  10. East Colfax: 5.77 (65)
  11. Globeville: 5.07 (18)
  12. Northeast Park Hill: 5.06 (46)
  13. Auraria: 4.85 (4)
  14. West Colfax: 4.82 (44)
  15. Baker: 4.14 (24)
  16. Elyria-Swansea: 3.89 (26)
  17. Goldsmith: 3.8 (20)
  18. Jefferson Park: 3.54 (10)
  19. Clayton: 3.53 (15)
  20. Kennedy: 3.47 (16)
  21. Capitol Hill: 3.25 (51)
  22. Valverde: 3.2 (12)
  23. Barnum: 3.19 (21)
  24. Central Park: 2.95 (52)
  25. Villa Park: 2.52 (23)
  26. Washington Virginia Vale: 2.39 (33)
  27. Montclair: 2.37 (14)
  28. Sunnyside: 2.34 (23)
  29. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 2.23 (78)
  30. City Park: 2.19 (7)
  31. Athmar Park: 2.19 (19)
  32. Overland: 2.16 (7)
  33. Rosedale: 2.06 (5)
  34. Westwood: 2.05 (34)
  35. University Hills: 2.03 (12)
  36. College View / South Platte: 1.97 (14)
  37. Cole: 1.96 (9)
  38. Harvey Park: 1.89 (24)
  39. Ruby Hill: 1.85 (20)
  40. Cheesman Park: 1.76 (15)
  41. Mar Lee: 1.76 (24)
  42. West Highland: 1.73 (16)
  43. Hampden: 1.7 (32)
  44. Montbello: 1.65 (57)
  45. Windsor: 1.61 (22)
  46. Lowry Field: 1.59 (13)
  47. Highland: 1.56 (14)
  48. Congress Park: 1.42 (16)
  49. Fort Logan: 1.37 (12)
  50. Harvey Park South: 1.36 (12)
  51. Whittier: 1.34 (8)
  52. Berkeley: 1.28 (11)
  53. Cherry Creek: 1.28 (8)
  54. Barnum West: 1.19 (7)
  55. Regis: 1.19 (5)
  56. Hale: 1.18 (8)
  57. South Park Hill: 1.09 (10)
  58. Bear Valley: 0.97 (9)
  59. University: 0.96 (9)
  60. Skyland: 0.95 (3)
  61. Marston: 0.89 (10)
  62. Speer: 0.85 (10)
  63. Indian Creek: 0.85 (3)
  64. Washington Park West: 0.83 (6)
  65. Hampden South: 0.81 (12)
  66. Sloan Lake: 0.77 (6)
  67. Virginia Village: 0.71 (10)
  68. Washington Park: 0.68 (5)
  69. University Park: 0.66 (5)
  70. Cory-Merrill: 0.64 (3)
  71. Southmoor Park: 0.62 (3)
  72. North Park Hill: 0.57 (6)
  73. Hilltop: 0.54 (5)
  74. Chaffee Park: 0.49 (2)
  75. Country Club: 0.31 (1)
  76. Wellshire: 0.3 (1)
  77. Belcaro: 0.21 (1)

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Violent crime count, Denver, 2025

  1. Five Points: 134 incidents
  2. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 78
  3. East Colfax: 65
  4. Union Station: 60
  5. Montbello: 57
  6. Central Park: 52
  7. Capitol Hill: 51
  8. North Capitol Hill: 49
  9. Northeast Park Hill: 46
  10. Lincoln Park: 45
  11. West Colfax: 44
  12. CBD: 42
  13. Civic Center: 35
  14. Westwood: 34
  15. City Park West: 34
  16. Washington Virginia Vale: 33
  17. Hampden: 32
  18. Elyria-Swansea: 26
  19. Baker: 24
  20. Mar Lee: 24
  21. Harvey Park: 24
  22. Villa Park: 23
  23. Sunnyside: 23
  24. Windsor: 22
  25. Barnum: 21
  26. Goldsmith: 20
  27. Ruby Hill: 20
  28. Athmar Park: 19
  29. Globeville: 18
  30. Congress Park: 16
  31. Sun Valley: 16
  32. DIA: 16
  33. West Highland: 16
  34. Kennedy: 16
  35. Cheesman Park: 15
  36. Clayton: 15
  37. Highland: 14
  38. College View / South Platte: 14
  39. Montclair: 14
  40. Lowry Field: 13
  41. Hampden South: 12
  42. University Hills: 12
  43. Valverde: 12
  44. Harvey Park South: 12
  45. Fort Logan: 12
  46. Berkeley: 11
  47. Virginia Village: 10
  48. Speer: 10
  49. South Park Hill: 10
  50. Jefferson Park: 10
  51. Marston: 10
  52. Bear Valley: 9
  53. University: 9
  54. Cole: 9
  55. Hale: 8
  56. Whittier: 8
  57. Cherry Creek: 8
  58. City Park: 7
  59. Barnum West: 7
  60. Overland: 7
  61. Sloan Lake: 6
  62. North Park Hill: 6
  63. Washington Park West: 6
  64. Washington Park: 5
  65. Hilltop: 5
  66. Rosedale: 5
  67. University Park: 5
  68. Regis: 5
  69. Auraria: 4
  70. Skyland: 3
  71. Cory-Merrill: 3
  72. Southmoor Park: 3
  73. Indian Creek: 3
  74. : 2
  75. Chaffee Park: 2
  76. Belcaro: 1
  77. Country Club: 1
  78. Wellshire: 1

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Recent Denver violent crimes

May 4

  • Robbery of a business using a weapon, at 11:56 AM, at 6200 E Colfax Ave in Montclair.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 11:00 AM in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Assault causing serious injury in which a gun was fired, at 10:20 AM, at the 1400 block of N Pennsylvania St in Capitol Hill.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 4:15 AM, at 4645 W Gill Pl in Westwood.
  • Serious assault, at 3:15 AM, at 2120 N Irving St in Sloan Lake.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 2:08 AM in Montbello.
  • Serious assault, at 2:06 AM, at 2015 Market St in Five Points.
  • Unlawful sexual contact, at 1:19 AM in Sun Valley.
  • Serious assault, at 1:19 AM, at 2660 W Holden Pl in Sun Valley.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 12:00 AM in Harvey Park.

May 3

  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 11:13 PM, at 2300 Welton St in Five Points.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 11:00 PM in Virginia Village.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 8:57 PM in Lowry Field.
  • Robbery of a person in the open, at 8:20 PM, at N Galapago St and W 6th Ave in Baker.
  • Serious assault, at 8:00 PM, at 1150 N Galapago St in Lincoln Park.
  • Serious assault, at 7:48 PM, at 900 S Quince St in Windsor.
  • Rape, at 7:00 PM in Montbello.
  • Serious assault, at 5:15 PM, at I-70 east-bound and N Federal Blvd in Berkeley.
  • Serious assault, at 4:15 PM, at E 48th Ave and N Ivy St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Serious assault, at 11:00 AM, at 20th St and Market St in Union Station.
  • Robbery of a business using a weapon, at 10:35 AM, at 4005 E 8th Ave in Hale.
  • Rape, at 9:23 AM in Westwood.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 9:17 AM, at 1490 N Zenobia St in West Colfax.
  • Robbery of a person in the open, at 8:45 AM, at 9690 E Alameda Ave in Windsor.
  • Serious assault, at 6:36 AM, at 2175 California St in Five Points.
  • Rape, at 3:00 AM in Union Station.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 2:10 AM in Montbello.
  • Rape, at 2:00 AM in Washington Park.

May 2

  • Assault causing serious injury in which a gun was fired, at 9:15 PM, at the 4500 block of N Central Park Blvd in Central Park.
  • Serious assault, at 9:00 PM, at 3101 S Federal Blvd in Harvey Park South.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 8:40 PM, at 6754 E Cedar Ave in Hilltop.
  • Serious assault, at 7:27 PM, at the 1300 block of 20th St in Union Station.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 8:45 AM in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 5:30 AM in Westwood.
  • Serious assault, at 4:07 AM, at 12090 E 40th Ave in Central Park.

May 1

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 11:54 PM in CBD.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 10:34 PM in Five Points.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 9:00 PM in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Sodomy of an adult male using bodily force, at 5:00 PM in Whittier.
  • Threatening to imminently injure with a weapon, at 3:43 PM, at 7338 E Severn Pl in Lowry Field.
  • Robbery of a person in the open, at 3:30 PM, at W Florida Ave and S Tennyson St in Mar Lee.
  • Serious assault, at 3:07 PM, at E 16th Ave and N Steele St in City Park.
  • Rape, at 2:18 PM in East Colfax.
  • Serious assault, at 12:46 PM, at 1701 Platte St in Highland.
  • Fondling of an adult, at 9:00 AM in Windsor.
  • Serious assault, at 5:05 AM, at the 1400 block of Larimer St in Union Station.
  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 1:00 AM in Montbello.

April 30

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, at 11:00 PM in Hampden.
  • Unlawful sexual contact, at 10:00 PM in Westwood.
  • Serious assault, at 7:18 PM, at 1450 N Washington St in Capitol Hill.

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