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CBD, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2025. Last updated Monday March 10th.

CBD violent crimes are up in the past 30 days (13) compared with the 30 days before that (9), and are down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in CBD

There were five notable ranking changes in these crime categories when comparing the current rankings to the rankings four weeks ago. This list updates Mondays. The lower the rank the worse the reported crime is in CBD.

Year over year, 2025 vs. 2024

See how crime in CBD is going compared to the same period of time in 2024.

Crime type comparison, 2025,
CBD vs. Denver

See how the proportion of crimes in CBD compares with the city.

CBD crimes

Denver crimes

New: The 16th Street Mall crime report.

New CBD crimes reported since the last site update

    Wednesday Jan. 1, 2020

  • Criminal impersonation, 1:05 PM, at the 1800 block of Lawrence St and Arapahoe St.
  • Saturday Jan. 1, 2022

  • Criminal mischief to a motor vehicle, 1:30 AM, at the 700 block of 14th St.
  • Sunday Jan. 1, 2023

  • Criminal mischief to a motor vehicle, 7:30 AM, at 934 16th St.
  • Friday Jan. 10, 2020

  • Bicycle theft, 10:00 PM, at 1956 Lawrence St.
  • Sunday Jan. 10, 2021

  • Criminal trespassing, 2:16 AM, at 1776 Curtis St.

CBD in the news

Year-end review: Denver neighborhood property crime in 2024, compared with 2023
Published February 10
16th Street Mall stabbing suspect's path marked by mental illness, homelessness, drug use
Published January 26
Man charged with murder, other crimes in stabbing spree on Denver’s 16th Street Mall
Published January 17

The past 30 days in CBD crime

  • There were 13 reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's less than the 9 30 days before that and more than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 10.6 per month in CBD.
  • Domestic violence: 3 incidents the past 30 days, 2 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.4.
  • Sex assault: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.4.
  • Robbery: 1 incident the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.2.
  • Burglary: 3 incidents the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 3.1.
  • Property crimes: 54 incidents the past 30 days, 46 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 46.9.
  • Car thefts: 5 incidents the past 30 days, 13 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 8.2.
  • Bike thefts: 1 incident the past 30 days, 1 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.8.

Compare CBD to its neighbors

See how CBD's reported crime rate compares with the neighborhoods it borders (Five Points, Civic Center, Auraria, North Capitol Hill, Union Station).

CBD addresses with the most reported crime

These are the top CBD addresses in Denver that have had the most crime reports this year.

  1. 1600 California St: 22
  2. 1501 Arapahoe St: 10
  3. 1726 Champa St: 10
  4. 1515 Arapahoe St: 9
  5. 1700 Block Stout Champa Aly: 9

Latest notable crimes in CBD

A CBD crime map and recent crime listing for homicides, serious assaults, burglaries and robberies.

CBD crime map

Reported assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported assaults in CBD happen?

Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in CBD happen?

Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in CBD happen?

Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported sexual assaults in CBD happen?

Latest homicides in CBD

Latest serious assaults in CBD

Latest robberies in CBD

Latest burglaries in CBD

  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Saturday Feb 8, 1:00 PM, at 1726 Champa St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Friday Feb 7, 6:00 AM, at 1715 Tremont Pl.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Tuesday Feb 4, 4:36 PM, at 890 14th St.
  • Burglary - other, Tuesday Jan. 28, 3:54 PM, at 1600 California St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Friday Jan. 3, 4:43 AM, at 913 15th St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Friday Jan. 3, 4:43 AM, at 913 15th St.
  • Burglary - other, Tuesday Dec. 24, 7:00 PM, at 1555 California St.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Thursday Nov. 28, 7:10 PM, at 535 16th St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Monday Nov. 11, 8:00 PM, at 828 17th St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Friday Nov. 8, 5:00 AM, at 1512 Curtis St.

Featured: Each neighborhood now has a list of its high-crime addresses.

Crime in CBD, by day of the week

CBD property crimes, by day

The day of the week reported property crimes in CBD happen.

CBD violent crimes, by day

The day of the week reported violent crimes in CBD happen.

Monthly crimes in CBD

Monthly violent crime in CBD

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 14.9 and the median was 14.0. The most in any month was 29, in July 2021, and the least was one in March 2025.

Monthly property crime in CBD

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 76.9 and the median was 72.0. The most in any month was 142, in June 2021, and the least was 10 in March 2025.

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

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

  • 4th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 3rd last year. 4.94 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 7.41 up until this point last year)
  • 3rd in population-adjusted property crimes (even ranking with in 2024. 22.97 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 23.46 in 2024)
  • 46th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 5th in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.99 in 2024)
  • 9th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 15th in 2024. 1.23 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.99 in 2024)
  • 5th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 1st in 2024. 0.99 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.72 in 2024)
  • 16th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 37th in 2024. 1.48 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.99 in 2024)
  • 7th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 6th in 2024. 3.7 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 4.45 in 2024)
  • 11th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 6th in 2024. 0.49 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.74 in 2024)
  • 2nd in population-adjusted drug crimes (even ranking with in 2024. 8.89 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 9.88 in 2024)

Compare CBD crime rate rankings in recent years

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

A table comparing CBD violent crime rates

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

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 3rd 4 3 3 4
2022 3rd 7 4 2 5

A table comparing CBD property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 3rd 6 6 61
2022 2nd 2 3 34

A table comparing CBD burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 46 9 28 6
2022 28 8 20 2

See the full year-by-year rankings for CBD.

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

Featured: Denver's big-picture crime trends map.

Denver crime maps

Denver crime trends map

The crimes trends map shows the change in crime counts and rates on a monthly and year-to-date basis.

Denver crime trends map

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.

Denver’s recent crime map

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