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Violent crime rankings, per Denver neighborhood

The Denver neighborhoods with the most violent crimes and the highest violent crime rate per 1,000 residents, 2025.

See also: Trends in violent crime, mapped out per neighborhood, and violent crime crime map.

Featured: Denver's big-picture crime trends map.

The Denver neighborhoods with the most reported violent crime

These neighborhoods have the highest numbers of violent crimes total and population-adjusted violent crimes rate in 2025

Top-ten highest violent crime rates, by neighborhood, 2025

  1. Civic Center: 35.05 per 1,000 residents (62 incidents total)
  2. DIA: 26.0 (32)
  3. Union Station: 21.93 (111)
  4. CBD: 18.03 (73)
  5. Sun Valley: 15.3 (22)
  6. North Capitol Hill: 12.83 (76)
  7. City Park West: 12.0 (55)
  8. Five Points: 11.92 (176)
  9. Auraria: 8.48 (7)
  10. Globeville: 8.45 (30)

Top-ten highest violent crime counts, by neighborhood, 2025

  1. Five Points: 176 incidents
  2. Union Station: 111
  3. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 96
  4. Capitol Hill: 87
  5. Central Park: 87
  6. East Colfax: 82
  7. North Capitol Hill: 76
  8. Montbello: 75
  9. CBD: 73
  10. Westwood: 62

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The Denver neighborhoods with the lowest violent crime numbers

These are the neighborhoods with the lowest total number of violent crimes and the lowest population-adjusted violent crime rate in 2025

Best violent crime crime rates, by neighborhood, 2025

  1. Belcaro: 0.0 per 1,000 residents (0 incidents total)
  2. Indian Creek: 0.28 (1)
  3. Country Club: 0.31 (1)
  4. Platt Park: 0.35 (2)
  5. Wellshire: 0.59 (2)
  6. Skyland: 0.64 (2)
  7. Hilltop: 0.76 (7)
  8. Washington Park: 0.82 (6)
  9. Washington Park West: 0.83 (6)
  10. University: 0.85 (8)
  11. North Park Hill: 0.85 (9)

Lowest violent crime counts, by neighborhood, 2025

  1. Belcaro: 0 incidents
  2. Indian Creek: 1
  3. Country Club: 1
  4. Wellshire: 2
  5. Skyland: 2
  6. Platt Park: 2
  7. Cory-Merrill: 5
  8. Rosedale: 6
  9. Washington Park: 6
  10. Washington Park West: 6

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Denver crime trends map

The crimes trends map shows the change in crime counts and rates on a monthly and year-to-date basis.

Denver crime trends map

The Denver-city recent crime map

The recent crimes map shows where crimes across the city were reported in the last two or so months, and shows which addresses across the city have logged the most reported crimes.

Denver’s recent crime map

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