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The Denver weapon crime report

Weapon crime crime stats, charts, data, rankings, maps and news for the City of Denver and its neighborhoods for the year 2025. Last updated Monday October 27th.

Denver weapon crimes are up in the past 30 days (183) compared with the 30 days before that (178), and down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

  • Denver has had 1806 weapon crimes reported so far this year, an average of 183.6 per month / 6.0 per day.
  • In 2024, Denver averaged 237.9 per month, and the year before that (2023) Denver averaged 227.6 per month.
  • The most weapon crimes any neighborhood in Denver has had in 2025 is Montbello, with 123.
  • The average number of weapon crimes per neighborhood this year is 23.15.

Denver’s weapon crime rate

In 2025, Denver's weapon crime rate’s 2.9 crimes per 1,000 residents. See the crime rate for the rest of Denver's crimes.

New: Property crime per neighborhood compared, 2024 vs. 2023.

Denver neighborhood map, weapon crimes, 2025

Reported weapon crimes. Hover over or tap a neighborhood for details.

 

Denver weapon crime statistics

Monthly reported weapon crimes in Denver

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 219.3 and the median was 221.5. The most in any month was 295, in May 2022, and the least was 139 in October 2025.

Weapon crime crimes, by time of day

What time reported weapon crimes happen in Denver.

Weapon crime crimes, by weekday

The day of the week reported weapon crimes happen.

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

Recent crime ranking changes in weapon 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.

  • Lincoln Park fell 7 ranks, from 22nd to 15th.
  • DIA fell 3 ranks, from 8th to 5th.

Featured: The best and worst neighborhoods for weapon crimes.

Weapon crime rate, Denver, 2025

  1. Civic Center: 17.52 per 1,000 residents (31 incidents total)
  2. Sun Valley: 15.99 per 1,000 residents (23 incidents total)
  3. Union Station: 13.43 (68)
  4. DIA: 12.19 (15)
  5. Auraria: 12.12 (10)
  6. Barnum: 8.95 (59)
  7. East Colfax: 8.88 (100)
  8. Villa Park: 8.21 (75)
  9. CBD: 7.9 (32)
  10. West Colfax: 7.57 (69)
  11. Clayton: 7.06 (30)
  12. Lincoln Park: 6.29 (38)
  13. Five Points: 6.16 (91)
  14. Westwood: 6.04 (100)
  15. Valverde: 5.33 (20)
  16. Cole: 5.0 (23)
  17. Northeast Park Hill: 4.95 (45)
  18. Globeville: 4.51 (16)
  19. Barnum West: 4.44 (26)
  20. North Capitol Hill: 4.22 (25)
  21. Central Park: 4.08 (72)
  22. Elyria-Swansea: 4.04 (27)
  23. Athmar Park: 4.04 (35)
  24. City Park West: 3.71 (17)
  25. Montbello: 3.57 (123)
  26. Mar Lee: 3.51 (48)
  27. Skyland: 3.5 (11)
  28. Lowry Field: 3.05 (25)
  29. Ruby Hill: 2.96 (32)
  30. Kennedy: 2.82 (13)
  31. Baker: 2.76 (16)
  32. Chaffee Park: 2.72 (11)
  33. Capitol Hill: 2.67 (42)
  34. Whittier: 2.67 (16)
  35. Sunnyside: 2.54 (25)
  36. Jefferson Park: 2.48 (7)
  37. Sloan Lake: 1.92 (15)
  38. Overland: 1.85 (6)
  39. Congress Park: 1.78 (20)
  40. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 1.66 (58)
  41. Cheesman Park: 1.52 (13)
  42. Montclair: 1.52 (9)
  43. Harvey Park: 1.5 (19)
  44. College View / South Platte: 1.4 (10)
  45. Goldsmith: 1.33 (7)
  46. Highland: 1.33 (12)
  47. North Park Hill: 1.33 (14)
  48. City Park: 1.25 (4)
  49. Hampden: 1.22 (23)
  50. Hilltop: 1.19 (11)
  51. South Park Hill: 1.09 (10)
  52. Hale: 1.03 (7)
  53. Windsor: 0.95 (13)
  54. Washington Virginia Vale: 0.94 (13)
  55. Harvey Park South: 0.79 (7)
  56. University Park: 0.79 (6)
  57. West Highland: 0.76 (7)
  58. Virginia Village: 0.71 (10)
  59. University Hills: 0.68 (4)
  60. Country Club: 0.63 (2)
  61. Southmoor Park: 0.62 (3)
  62. Speer: 0.6 (7)
  63. Berkeley: 0.58 (5)
  64. Fort Logan: 0.57 (5)
  65. Hampden South: 0.47 (7)
  66. Regis: 0.47 (2)
  67. University: 0.43 (4)
  68. Belcaro: 0.42 (2)
  69. Washington Park West: 0.41 (3)
  70. Rosedale: 0.41 (1)
  71. Bear Valley: 0.32 (3)
  72. Cherry Creek: 0.32 (2)
  73. Wellshire: 0.3 (1)
  74. Marston: 0.27 (3)
  75. Cory-Merrill: 0.21 (1)
  76. Platt Park: 0.17 (1)

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Weapon crime count, Denver, 2025

  1. Montbello: 123 incidents
  2. Westwood: 100
  3. East Colfax: 100
  4. Five Points: 91
  5. Villa Park: 75
  6. Central Park: 72
  7. West Colfax: 69
  8. Union Station: 68
  9. Barnum: 59
  10. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 58
  11. Mar Lee: 48
  12. Northeast Park Hill: 45
  13. Capitol Hill: 42
  14. Lincoln Park: 38
  15. Athmar Park: 35
  16. CBD: 32
  17. Ruby Hill: 32
  18. Civic Center: 31
  19. Clayton: 30
  20. Elyria-Swansea: 27
  21. Barnum West: 26
  22. North Capitol Hill: 25
  23. Lowry Field: 25
  24. Sunnyside: 25
  25. Sun Valley: 23
  26. Cole: 23
  27. Hampden: 23
  28. Congress Park: 20
  29. Valverde: 20
  30. Harvey Park: 19
  31. City Park West: 17
  32. Globeville: 16
  33. Baker: 16
  34. Whittier: 16
  35. DIA: 15
  36. Sloan Lake: 15
  37. North Park Hill: 14
  38. Washington Virginia Vale: 13
  39. Windsor: 13
  40. Cheesman Park: 13
  41. Kennedy: 13
  42. Highland: 12
  43. Skyland: 11
  44. Hilltop: 11
  45. Chaffee Park: 11
  46. College View / South Platte: 10
  47. South Park Hill: 10
  48. Virginia Village: 10
  49. Auraria: 10
  50. Montclair: 9
  51. Hampden South: 7
  52. Goldsmith: 7
  53. Harvey Park South: 7
  54. Speer: 7
  55. Hale: 7
  56. Jefferson Park: 7
  57. West Highland: 7
  58. University Park: 6
  59. Overland: 6
  60. Fort Logan: 5
  61. Berkeley: 5
  62. University Hills: 4
  63. University: 4
  64. City Park: 4
  65. Bear Valley: 3
  66. Marston: 3
  67. Washington Park West: 3
  68. Southmoor Park: 3
  69. Regis: 2
  70. Belcaro: 2
  71. : 2
  72. Country Club: 2
  73. Cherry Creek: 2
  74. Cory-Merrill: 1
  75. Platt Park: 1
  76. Rosedale: 1
  77. Wellshire: 1

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Recent Denver weapon crimes

October 24

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 2:20 AM, at 4733 N Sherman St in Globeville.

October 23

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 11:30 PM, at the 1400 block of N Verbena St in East Colfax.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 9:38 PM, at W Alameda Ave and S Stuart St in Westwood.
  • Weapon - other, at 6:00 PM, at 2855 S Lamar St in Bear Valley.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 2:11 PM, at 3635 S Monaco St in Hampden South.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 11:21 AM, at 1126 N Santa Fe Dr in Lincoln Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 8:49 AM, at the 800 block of N Grove St in Villa Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 7:50 AM, at the 2800 block of W 10th Ave in Sun Valley.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 5:41 AM, at S Lowell Blvd and Morrison Rd in Westwood.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 3:33 AM, at 3735 N High St in Cole.
  • Carrying a prohibited weapon, at 2:18 AM, at 1625 N Clarkson St in North Capitol Hill.

October 22

  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 10:08 PM, at N Decatur St and W 12th Ave in Sun Valley.
  • Weapon - other, at 12:25 PM, at N Central Park Blvd and E Northfield Blvd in Central Park.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 7:21 AM, at 3525 N Quebec St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 5:03 AM, at the 300 block of S Osceola St in Westwood.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 4:47 AM, at 4598 W Cedar Ave in Barnum West.

October 21

  • Assault causing serious injury of a police officer using a weapon, at 8:15 AM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 6:15 AM, at 535 N Lowell Blvd in Barnum.

October 20

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 10:05 AM, at the 300 block of S Bryant St in Athmar Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 6:20 AM, at the 2300 block of S Franklin St in University.
  • Flourishing of a weapon, at 5:56 AM, at the 1600 block of N Logan St in North Capitol Hill.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 5:49 AM, at 371 S Newton St in Westwood.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 4:48 AM, at the 1100 block of S Quitman St in Mar Lee.

October 19

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 11:25 PM, at 1090 S Parker Rd in Windsor.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 4:36 PM, at 1690 N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 10:58 AM, at 2957 N Lafayette St in Whittier.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 10:21 AM, at the 5500 block of N Vaughn St in Montbello.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 8:17 AM, at the 1000 block of S Oneida St in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 8:10 AM, at 14175 E Andrews Dr in Montbello.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied vehicle, at 1:27 AM, at I-70 east-bound and N Havana St in Central Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 12:14 AM, at 1657 N Valentia St in East Colfax.

October 18

  • Carrying a concealed weapon, at 11:00 PM, at 3737 N Quebec St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 9:24 PM, at E 16th Ave and N Sherman St in North Capitol Hill.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 1:15 PM, at the 3200 block of N Shoshone St in Highland.
  • Flourishing of a weapon, at 9:25 AM, at 1160 N Lincoln St in Capitol Hill.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 7:31 AM, at 101 S Xavier St in Barnum West.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 7:06 AM, at 12455 E Albrook Dr in Montbello.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 4:22 AM, at 3215 W 4th Ave in Barnum.

October 17

  • Carrying a concealed weapon, at 9:16 PM, at 3935 N Quebec St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Assault causing serious injury of a police officer using a weapon, at 6:42 PM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 5:39 PM, at E 49th Ave and N Steele St in Elyria-Swansea.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 7:14 AM, at 2510 Welton St in Five Points.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 2:45 AM, at 3777 W Custer Pl in Westwood.

October 16

  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 9:30 PM, at 3600 N Locust St in Northeast Park Hill.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 4:00 PM, at the 18700 block of E 59th Ave in DIA.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 2:00 PM, at the 300 block of S Dale Ct in Athmar Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 8:39 AM, at 650 N Acoma St in Lincoln Park.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 4:38 AM, at the 4100 block of W Kentucky Ave in Westwood.
  • Weapon - other, at 4:38 AM, at the 4100 block of W Kentucky Ave in Westwood.

October 15

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 3:00 PM, at 1062 N Roslyn St in Lowry Field.

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