So far this year, Berkeley ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 52nd (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 69th last year. 1.28 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 0.47 up until this point last year)
- 39th in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 35th in 2024. 10.39 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 12.84 in 2024)
- 33rd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 52nd in 2024. 0.23 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.12 in 2024)
- 65th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 58th in 2024. 0.35 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.35 in 2024)
- 50th in population-adjusted robberies (up from 53rd in 2024. 0.23 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.23 in 2024)
- 34th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 41st in 2024. 2.1 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.87 in 2024)
- 52nd in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 54th in 2024. 1.87 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.69 in 2024)
- 23rd in population-adjusted bike thefts (even ranking with in 2024. 0.47 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.47 in 2024)
- 70th in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 48th 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: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.
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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.
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.
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