So far this year, CBD ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 7th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 2nd last year. 0.74 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 0.99 up until this point last year)
- 4th in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 3rd in 2024. 3.95 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 4.2 in 2024)
- 30th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 2nd in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.25 in 2024)
- 46th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 5th in 2024. 0.0 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.25 in 2024)
- 3rd in population-adjusted robberies (up from 28th in 2024. 0.49 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
- 7th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 19th in 2024. 0.49 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.25 in 2024)
- 57th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 10th in 2024. 0.0 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.74 in 2024)
- 33rd in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 5th in 2024. 0.0 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.25 in 2024)
- 8th in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 2nd in 2024. 0.74 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.23 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 |
| 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.
New: The worst Denver neighborhoods for violent crime so far in 2024.
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