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Civic Center, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2024. Last updated Thursday January 2nd.

Civic Center violent crimes are down in the past 30 days (9) compared with the 30 days before that (11), and are down since the start of 2024 when compared to the same time period in 2023.

Year over year, 2024 vs. 2023

See how crime in Civic Center is going compared to the same period of time in 2023.

Crime type comparison, 2024,
Civic Center vs. Denver

See how the proportion of crimes in Civic Center compares with the city.

Civic Center crimes

other 73%property 18%violent 8%

Denver crimes

other 38%property 53%violent 7%

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New Civic Center crimes reported since the last site update

    Wednesday Jan. 1, 2020

  • Unlawful sexual contact, 12:00 AM, no address given.
  • Wednesday Jan. 1, 2020

  • Rape, 12:01 AM, no address given.
  • Wednesday Jan. 1, 2020

  • Unlawful sexual contact, 1:50 PM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 1, 2021

  • Rape by a person in a position of trust, 12:01 AM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 1, 2021

  • Rape, 12:30 AM, no address given.

Civic Center in the news

Pedestrian hospitalized in Denver hit-and-run near Acoma
Published November 20, 2024
Man arrested on suspicion of murder in Denver Civic Center apartment homicide
Published November 1, 2024
Homicide under investigation in Denver’s Civic Center neighborhood
Published October 23, 2024

The past 30 days in Civic Center crime

  • There were 9 reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's more than the 11 30 days before that and less than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 10.6 per month in Civic Center.
  • Domestic violence: No incidents the past 30 days, 2 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.0.
  • Sex assault: 1 incident the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.0.
  • Robbery: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 2 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.2.
  • Burglary: 1 incident the past 30 days, 5 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 4.2.
  • Property crimes: 18 incidents the past 30 days, 23 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 22.5.
  • Car thefts: 4 incidents the past 30 days, 2 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 3.9.
  • Bike thefts: No incidents the past 30 days, 4 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 3.1.

Compare Civic Center to its neighbors

See how Civic Center's reported crime rate compares with the neighborhoods it borders (CBD, Capitol Hill, Lincoln Park).

Civic Center addresses with the most reported crime

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

  1. 490 W Colfax Ave: 384
  2. E Colfax Ave / N Broadway St: 298
  3. 1331 N Cherokee St: 259
  4. No address given: 71
  5. 1350 N Speer Blvd: 40

Latest notable crimes in Civic Center

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

Civic Center crime map

Reported assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported assaults in Civic Center happen?

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Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in Civic Center happen?

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Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in Civic Center happen?

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Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported sexual assaults in Civic Center happen?

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Latest homicides in Civic Center

Latest serious assaults in Civic Center

Latest robberies in Civic Center

Latest burglaries in Civic Center

  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Wednesday Dec. 25, 10:00 PM, at 1350 N Speer Blvd.
  • Burglary - other, Saturday Nov. 16, 9:35 PM, at 939 N Bannock St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Wednesday Nov. 13, 1:30 AM, at 300 W 11th Ave.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Wednesday Nov. 13, 1:00 AM, at 300 W 11th Ave.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Wednesday Nov. 6, 8:00 AM, at 909 N Bannock St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Saturday Nov. 2, 5:15 PM, at 70 W 10th Ave.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Friday Oct. 25, 1:57 AM, at 50 W 10th Ave.
  • Burglary - other, Monday Oct. 14, 12:00 AM, at 1025 N Bannock St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Saturday Oct. 12, 7:51 AM, at 990 N Cherokee St.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Monday Sept. 30, 6:00 AM, at 855 N Broadway St.

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

Crime in Civic Center, by day of the week

Civic Center property crimes, by day

The day of the week reported property crimes in Civic Center happen.

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Civic Center violent crimes, by day

The day of the week reported violent crimes in Civic Center happen.

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Monthly crimes in Civic Center

Monthly violent crime in Civic Center

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 11.2 and the median was 11.0. The most in any month was 20, in July 2021, and the least was zero in January 2025.

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Monthly property crime in Civic Center

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 24.8 and the median was 23.0. The most in any month was 47, in August 2022, and the least was zero in January 2025.

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So far this year, Civic Center ranks in reported crime rates:

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

  • 1st (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (even from 1st last year. 76.31 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 80.27 up until this point last year)
  • 3rd in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 5th in 2023. 158.85 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 147.54 in 2023)
  • 2nd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 1st in 2023. 14.7 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 10.74 in 2023)
  • 2nd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (even ranking with in 2023. 14.7 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 14.13 in 2023)
  • 3rd in population-adjusted robberies (down from 2nd in 2023. 9.04 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 11.31 in 2023)
  • 2nd in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 4th in 2023. 28.26 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 20.35 in 2023)
  • 8th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 10th in 2023. 28.83 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 29.4 in 2023)
  • 2nd in population-adjusted bike thefts (even ranking with in 2023. 21.48 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 13.0 in 2023)
  • 1st in population-adjusted drug crimes (even ranking with in 2023. 188.81 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 352.74 in 2023)

Compare Civic Center crime rate rankings in recent years

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

A table comparing Civic Center violent crime rates

Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Civic Center.

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 1st 2 1 2 1
2022 2nd 2 2 4 1

A table comparing Civic Center property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 5th 12 2 56
2022 5th 9 4 1

A table comparing Civic Center burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 2 10 6 1
2022 5 3 3 3

See the full year-by-year rankings for Civic Center.

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

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

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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.

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