So far this year, Capitol Hill ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 20th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 16th last year. 9.68 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 11.46 up until this point last year)
- 22nd in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 23rd in 2023. 49.22 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 54.44 in 2023)
- 17th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 12th in 2023. 1.34 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.59 in 2023)
- 33rd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 22nd in 2023. 2.67 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.18 in 2023)
- 16th in population-adjusted robberies (even ranking with in 2023. 2.87 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.61 in 2023)
- 27th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 37th in 2023. 7.13 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 6.11 in 2023)
- 21st in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 27th in 2023. 12.67 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 13.69 in 2023)
- 12th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 16th in 2023. 3.88 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.82 in 2023)
- 7th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 9th in 2023. 32.09 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 15.22 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 |
More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.
Featured: The 16th Street Mall crime report.
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