So far this year, CBD ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 3rd (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (even from 3rd last year. 10.87 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 11.36 up until this point last year)
- 3rd in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 2nd in 2023. 37.54 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 51.86 in 2023)
- 4th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 1st in 2023. 1.48 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.96 in 2023)
- 12th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 16th in 2023. 2.22 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.23 in 2023)
- 1st in population-adjusted robberies (up from 3rd in 2023. 4.2 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.47 in 2023)
- 25th in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 20th in 2023. 2.22 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.21 in 2023)
- 5th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 3rd in 2023. 7.9 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 12.6 in 2023)
- 11th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 10th in 2023. 0.99 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.99 in 2023)
- 2nd in population-adjusted drug crimes (even ranking with in 2023. 18.03 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 41.0 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 March 2024 Denver-city crime report.
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Denver crime trends map
The crimes trends map shows the change in crime counts and rates on a monthly and yearly basis.
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.
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