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Berkeley, Denver, crime rate rankings. All rankings are for the adjusted-for-population crime figures. Last updated Thursday August 28th.

Recent crime ranking changes in Berkeley

There were 6 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 is in Berkeley.

    In serious assaults:

  • Berkeley improved 1 rank, from 41st to 42nd.

    • In burglaries:

  • Berkeley improved 5 ranks, from 36th to 41st.

    • In property crimes:

  • Berkeley improved 1 rank, from 41st to 42nd.

    • In Thefts:

  • Berkeley improved 2 ranks, from 44th to 46th.

    • In bicycle thefts:

  • Berkeley improved 1 rank, from 23rd to 24th.

    • In violent crimes:

  • Berkeley improved 2 ranks, from 46th to 48th.

Featured: Read the July 2025 Berkeley crime report

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

So far this year, Berkeley ranks in reported crime rates:

Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).

  • 48th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 71st last year. 2.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 1.17 up until this point last year)
  • 42nd in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 36th in 2024. 19.97 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 25.34 in 2024)
  • 63rd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 70th in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.12 in 2024)
  • 63rd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 62nd in 2024. 0.0 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.82 in 2024)
  • 59th in population-adjusted robberies (even ranking with in 2024. 0.35 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.47 in 2024)
  • 41st in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 37th in 2024. 3.85 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 4.67 in 2024)
  • 51st in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 58th in 2024. 3.62 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 5.14 in 2024)
  • 24th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 20th in 2024. 1.52 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.75 in 2024)
  • 76th in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 61st in 2024. 0.12 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.58 in 2024)

Compare Berkeley crime rate rankings in recent years

The lower the rank, the worse Berkeley's crime rate. There are 78 Denver neighborhoods, so the rankings are out of 78.

A table comparing Berkeley violent crime rates

Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Berkeley.

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence		 Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 70th 65 48 56 74
2022 61st 67 56 49 62
2021 65th 61 61 69 65
2020 60th 55 68 50 58
2019 49th 57 51 32 60

A table comparing Berkeley property crime rates

Year Property
crime		 Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 47th 67 30 39
2022 44th 58 25 45
2021 45th 66 36 68
2020 43rd 56 39 70
2019 43rd 55 37 55

A table comparing Berkeley burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary		 Business
burglary		 Burglary,
forced entry		 Burglary,
unforced
2023 34 62 69 28
2022 38 67 63 40
2021 34 54 58 33
2020 11 42 45 9
2019 18 70 36 39

More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.

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

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