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CBD, Denver, crime rate rankings. All rankings are for the adjusted-for-population crime figures. Last updated Monday December 23rd.

Recent crime ranking changes in CBD

There were 1 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 CBD.

    In burglaries:

  • CBD improved 1 rank, from 21st to 22nd.

Featured: Read the November 2024 CBD crime report

New: The worst Denver neighborhoods for violent crime in 2024.

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. 33.59 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 38.03 up until this point last year)
  • 4th in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 3rd in 2023. 149.91 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 170.41 in 2023)
  • 5th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 3rd in 2023. 5.43 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 7.16 in 2023)
  • 5th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 4th in 2023. 8.15 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 7.9 in 2023)
  • 4th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 3rd in 2023. 8.4 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 9.39 in 2023)
  • 22nd in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 14th in 2023. 9.88 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 11.85 in 2023)
  • 7th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 6th in 2023. 28.9 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 35.56 in 2023)
  • 5th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 6th in 2023. 8.89 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 8.4 in 2023)
  • 2nd in population-adjusted drug crimes (even ranking with in 2023. 51.86 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 121.26 in 2023)

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
2021 3rd 3 3 1 3
2020 3rd 8 4 2 3
2019 3rd 8 4 1 3

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
2021 3rd 3 5 2
2020 3rd 4 5 4
2019 2nd 8 3 2

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
2021 29 3 8 5
2020 20 3 4 6
2019 52 5 23 8

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

Featured: Read the November 2024 Denver-city crime report.

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