So far this year, Capitol Hill ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 16th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 12th last year. 3.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 4.27 up until this point last year)
- 21st in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 24th in 2023. 15.86 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 19.68 in 2023)
- 13th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 7th in 2023. 0.45 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.89 in 2023)
- 26th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 28th in 2023. 1.15 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.76 in 2023)
- 20th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 11th in 2023. 0.64 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.89 in 2023)
- 31st in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 33rd in 2023. 1.97 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.36 in 2023)
- 15th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 29th in 2023. 5.09 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 5.35 in 2023)
- 12th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 8th in 2023. 0.76 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.15 in 2023)
- 6th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 14th in 2023. 9.81 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.99 in 2023)
Compare Capitol Hill crime rate rankings in recent years
The lower the rank, the worse Capitol Hill's crime rate. There are 78 Denver neighborhoods, so the rankings are out of 78.
A table comparing Capitol Hill violent crime rates
Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Capitol Hill.
| Year | Violent crime | Domestic violence |
Sexual assault | Robbery | Aggravated assault |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16th | 24 | 11 | 16 | 17 |
| 2022 | 18th | 31 | 15 | 13 | 22 |
| 2021 | 18th | 27 | 17 | 14 | 18 |
| 2020 | 19th | 22 | 26 | 23 | 16 |
| 2019 | 15th | 18 | 14 | 20 | 16 |
A table comparing Capitol Hill property crime rates
| Year | Property crime |
Auto theft | Bicycle theft | Arson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24th | 28 | 13 | 30 |
| 2022 | 20th | 24 | 14 | 20 |
| 2021 | 24th | 33 | 14 | 23 |
| 2020 | 19th | 26 | 14 | 17 |
| 2019 | 21st | 29 | 10 | 26 |
A table comparing Capitol Hill burglary crime rates
| Year | Residential burglary |
Business burglary |
Burglary, forced entry |
Burglary, unforced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23 | 55 | 51 | 27 |
| 2022 | 14 | 33 | 21 | 35 |
| 2021 | 19 | 30 | 26 | 25 |
| 2020 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 26 |
| 2019 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 22 |
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