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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 Thursday January 16th.

Denver weapon crimes are up in the past 30 days (230) compared with the 30 days before that (218), and down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

  • Denver has had 69 weapon crimes reported so far this year, an average of 123.4 per month / 4.1 per day. Note: The monthly crime average in January will be higher than the reported crimes for the month.
  • 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 Gateway / Green Valley Ranch, with 5.
  • The average number of weapon crimes per neighborhood this year is 0.88.

Denver’s weapon crime rate

In 2025, Denver's weapon crime rate’s 2.0 crimes per 1,000 residents. See the crime rate for the rest of Denver's crimes.

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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 229.9 and the median was 235.0. The most in any month was 293, in May 2022, and the least was 69 in January 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.

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Recent crime ranking changes in weapon crime

There were 56 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.

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Weapon crime rate, Denver, 2025

  1. Auraria: 1.21 per 1,000 residents (1 incident total)
  2. Barnum: 0.61 per 1,000 residents (4 incidents total)
  3. Civic Center: 0.57 (1)
  4. City Park West: 0.44 (2)
  5. Villa Park: 0.44 (4)
  6. West Colfax: 0.33 (3)
  7. Overland: 0.31 (1)
  8. East Colfax: 0.27 (3)
  9. CBD: 0.25 (1)
  10. Regis: 0.24 (1)
  11. Northeast Park Hill: 0.22 (2)
  12. Five Points: 0.2 (3)
  13. Ruby Hill: 0.18 (2)
  14. Cherry Creek: 0.16 (1)
  15. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 0.14 (5)
  16. Washington Park West: 0.14 (1)
  17. Athmar Park: 0.12 (1)
  18. Westwood: 0.12 (2)
  19. Speer: 0.09 (1)
  20. Harvey Park: 0.08 (1)
  21. Mar Lee: 0.07 (1)
  22. Capitol Hill: 0.06 (1)
  23. Central Park: 0.06 (1)
  24. Montbello: 0.06 (2)

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Weapon crime count, Denver, 2025

  1. Gateway / Green Valley Ranch: 5 incidents
  2. Barnum: 4
  3. Villa Park: 4
  4. West Colfax: 3
  5. Five Points: 3
  6. East Colfax: 3
  7. Montbello: 2
  8. Northeast Park Hill: 2
  9. Westwood: 2
  10. City Park West: 2
  11. Ruby Hill: 2
  12. Overland: 1
  13. Capitol Hill: 1
  14. Central Park: 1
  15. Auraria: 1
  16. Speer: 1
  17. Athmar Park: 1
  18. Civic Center: 1
  19. Cherry Creek: 1
  20. Mar Lee: 1
  21. CBD: 1
  22. Washington Park West: 1
  23. Harvey Park: 1
  24. Regis: 1

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Recent Denver weapon crimes

January 12

January 11

  • Flourishing of a weapon, at 11:11 PM, at 4595 N Northfield Quebec St in Central Park.
  • Weapon - other, at 10:29 PM, at the 5100 block of N Chambers Rd in Montbello.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 8:13 PM, at 500 W 41St Ave in Globeville.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 5:47 PM, at N Monaco St and E 1St Ave in Hilltop.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 4:49 PM, at W 12th Ave and N Santa Fe Dr in Lincoln Park.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 8:04 AM, at 1124 W 11th Ave in Lincoln Park.
  • Carrying a concealed weapon, at 1:27 AM, at 3325 W Alameda Ave in Barnum.
  • Carrying a prohibited weapon, at 1:27 AM, at 3325 W Alameda Ave in Barnum.

January 10

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 10:10 PM, at E 17th Ave and N Colorado Blvd in City Park.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 6:59 PM, at 1308 N Knox Ct in West Colfax.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 5:40 PM, at 990 S Monaco St in Washington Virginia Vale.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 2:46 PM, at the 500 block of E 14th Ave in Capitol Hill.
  • Flourishing of a weapon, at 9:40 AM, at the 1100 block of Park Avenue west in Five Points.
  • Assault causing serious injury of a police officer using a weapon, at 3:15 AM, at 490 W Colfax Ave in Civic Center.
  • Carrying a concealed weapon, at 1:34 AM, at the 1500 block of N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.
  • Weapon - other, at 1:34 AM, at the 1500 block of N Pearl St in North Capitol Hill.

January 9

  • Flourishing of a weapon, at 2:06 AM, at 995 N Hooker St in Villa Park.

January 8

  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 9:01 PM, at 3335 W Evans Ave in Harvey Park.
  • Weapon - other, at 8:02 PM, at N Titan Ct and E Andrews Dr in Montbello.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 7:47 PM, at the 4500 block of W 1St Ave in Barnum West.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 2:15 PM, at the 2000 block of Welton St in Five Points.

January 7

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 5:55 PM, at the 4600 block of W Alaska Pl in Westwood.
  • Carrying a prohibited weapon, at 2:45 PM, at E 14th Ave and N Yosemite St in East Colfax.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 12:20 AM, at 19150 E Scott Pl in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.

January 6

  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 7:00 PM, at 5191 N Cathay St in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 6:00 PM, at 1055 10th St in Auraria.

January 5

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 11:43 PM, at the 3900 block of W 1St Ave in Barnum.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 9:35 PM, at the 4800 block of N King St in Regis.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 9:23 PM, at 4806 N Chambers Rd in Gateway / Green Valley Ranch.
  • Carrying a concealed weapon, at 4:00 PM, at 2810 E 1St Ave in Cherry Creek.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 4:09 AM, at the 1400 block of Tremont Pl in CBD.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 3:00 AM, at 5500 W Warren Ave in Harvey Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 12:10 AM, at the 1200 block of N Meade St in West Colfax.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 12:07 AM, at E 47th Ave and N Glencoe St in Northeast Park Hill.

January 4

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 10:52 PM, at E 29th Ave and N Emporia Ct in Central Park.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 10:40 PM, at 910 S Pearl St in Washington Park West.
  • Carrying a prohibited weapon, at 4:50 PM, at the 1800 block of N Downing St in City Park West.
  • Flourishing of a weapon, at 6:00 AM, at 1127 27th St in Five Points.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 5:07 AM, at 1538 N Uinta St in East Colfax.

January 3

  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 11:35 PM, at the 1000 block of N Lowell Blvd in Villa Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 11:32 PM, at the 1000 block of N Hooker St in Villa Park.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 11:07 PM, at 3039 Walnut St in Five Points.
  • Possession of a weapon - powpo, at 8:57 PM, at the 1700 block of Market St in Capitol Hill.
  • Possession of an illegal/dangerous weapon, at 6:51 PM, at W 13th Ave and N King St in West Colfax.
  • Unlawful discharge of a weapon, at 5:06 AM, at the 1100 block of N Rosemary St in East Colfax.
  • Weapon fired into an occupied building, at 1:15 AM, at 1431 S Irving St in Mar Lee.

January 2

  • Carrying a concealed weapon, at 11:13 PM, at the 1400 block of N Perry St and N Quitman St Alley in West Colfax.

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