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Clayton, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2025. Last updated Thursday February 20th.

Clayton violent crimes are up in the past 30 days (5) compared with the 30 days before that (4), and are up since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in Clayton

There were nine 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 Clayton.

Year over year, 2025 vs. 2024

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

Crime type comparison, 2025,
Clayton vs. Denver

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

Clayton crimes

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New Clayton crimes reported since the last site update

    Wednesday Jan. 10, 2024

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, 11:23 AM, no address given.
  • Thursday Jan. 13, 2022

  • Bicycle theft, 12:25 PM, at 3349 N Fillmore St.
  • Tuesday Jan. 15, 2019

  • Rape, 2:00 AM, no address given.
  • Wednesday Jan. 16, 2019

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, 1:00 PM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 17, 2020

  • Assault causing minor bodily injury - domestic violence, 5:09 PM, no address given.

Clayton in the news

Year-end review: Denver neighborhood property crime in 2024, compared with 2023
Published February 10
Man, 19, arrested on suspicion of murder in Denver 7-Eleven shooting
Published January 27
Three shootings — one fatal — and a stabbing reported overnight in Denver
Published September 18, 2021

The past 30 days in Clayton crime

  • There were 5 reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's more than the 4 30 days before that and more than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 3.3 per month in Clayton.
  • Domestic violence: 6 incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.8.
  • Sex assault: 1 incident the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.2.
  • Robbery: 1 incident the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.7.
  • Burglary: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.8.
  • Property crimes: 20 incidents the past 30 days, 27 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 16.0.
  • Car thefts: 3 incidents the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.8.
  • Bike thefts: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.2.

Compare Clayton to its neighbors

See how Clayton's reported crime rate compares with the neighborhoods it borders (Elyria-Swansea, Skyland, Northeast Park Hill, Cole).

Clayton addresses with the most reported crime

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

  1. 3555 N Colorado Blvd: 17
  2. No address given: 7
  3. 3999 N Colorado Blvd: 4
  4. 3984 N Cook St: 3
  5. 37th Ave And N Fillmoore St: 2

Latest notable crimes in Clayton

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

Clayton crime map

Reported assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported assaults in Clayton happen?

Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in Clayton happen?

Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in Clayton happen?

Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported sexual assaults in Clayton happen?

Latest homicides in Clayton

Latest serious assaults in Clayton

Latest robberies in Clayton

Latest burglaries in Clayton

New: Property crime per neighborhood compared, 2024 vs. 2023.

Crime in Clayton, by day of the week

Clayton property crimes, by day

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

Clayton violent crimes, by day

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

Monthly crimes in Clayton

Monthly violent crime in Clayton

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 3.6 and the median was 3.0. The most in any month was nine, in September 2023, and the least was zero in November 2022.

Monthly property crime in Clayton

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 17.1 and the median was 17.0. The most in any month was 30, in December 2024, and the least was eight in April 2023.

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

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

  • 12th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 29th last year. 1.41 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 0.71 up until this point last year)
  • 26th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 59th in 2024. 5.18 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.82 in 2024)
  • 45th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 60th in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
  • 6th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 2nd in 2024. 1.18 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.41 in 2024)
  • 11th in population-adjusted robberies (up from 64th in 2024. 0.47 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
  • 35th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 44th in 2024. 0.47 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.47 in 2024)
  • 27th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 77th in 2024. 1.18 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.24 in 2024)
  • 48th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 15th in 2024. 0.0 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.24 in 2024)
  • 37th in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 8th in 2024. 0.24 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.12 in 2024)

Compare Clayton crime rate rankings in recent years

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

A table comparing Clayton violent crime rates

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

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 19th 19 29 20 23
2022 27th 26 74 26 27

A table comparing Clayton property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 51st 59 55 24
2022 37th 33 40 60

A table comparing Clayton burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 54 39 48 45
2022 21 63 46 43

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

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

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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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