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Clayton, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2024. Last updated Monday October 21st.

Clayton violent crimes are up in the past 30 days (5) compared with the 30 days before that (2), and are down since the start of 2024 when compared to the same time period in 2023.

Recent crime ranking changes in Clayton

There were five 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, 2024 vs. 2023

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

Crime type comparison, 2024,
Clayton vs. Denver

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

Clayton crimes

Denver crimes

New Clayton crimes reported since the last site update

    Wednesday Jan. 10

  • 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

Three shootings — one fatal — and a stabbing reported overnight in Denver
Published September 18, 2021
Denver-area police report 8 people shot over 27 hours
Published August 2, 2021
Denver police investigating 3 incidents as 4 are killed in overnight homicides
Published June 11, 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 2 30 days before that and more than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 3.0 per month in Clayton.
  • Domestic violence: 1 incident the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.9.
  • Sex assault: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.2.
  • Robbery: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.4.
  • Burglary: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 2 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.8.
  • Property crimes: 25 incidents the past 30 days, 16 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 11.7.
  • Car thefts: 3 incidents the past 30 days, 7 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 0.3.

Compare Clayton to its neighbors

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

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. 3999 N Colorado Blvd: 38
  2. 3555 N Colorado Blvd: 29
  3. No address given: 24
  4. E Bruce Randolph Ave / N Colorado Blvd: 16
  5. 3955 N Steele St: 8

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

Good news: Clayton has had no reported homicides in the last 12 months.

Latest serious assaults in Clayton

Latest robberies in Clayton

Latest burglaries in Clayton

  • Burglary of a residence with forced entry, Wednesday Oct. 16, 4:33 AM, at 3732 N Cook St.
  • Burglary of a residence with forced entry, Tuesday Oct. 15, 8:00 AM, at 3420 N Madison St.
  • Burglary of a residence with forced entry, Tuesday Oct. 8, 11:00 PM, at 3501 N Clayton St.
  • Burglary - other, Tuesday Sept. 17, 6:00 PM, at 2424 E 40th Ave.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Tuesday Sept. 10, 6:00 PM, at 2424 E 40th Ave.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Monday August 26, 8:05 AM, at 3322 N Columbine St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Thursday July 25, 1:00 PM, at 3204 N Josephine St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Thursday July 18, 7:45 AM, at 3724 N York St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Sunday July 7, 5:20 PM, at 3314 N Josephine St.
  • Burglary of a residence with forced entry, Friday July 5, 10:28 PM, at 3260 N Steele St.

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

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 eight, 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 16.5 and the median was 17.0. The most in any month was 29, in August 2021, and the least was seven in June 2024.

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

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

  • 28th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 21st last year. 7.06 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 8.94 up until this point last year)
  • 46th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 51st in 2023. 28.71 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 31.76 in 2023)
  • 44th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 24th in 2023. 0.47 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.94 in 2023)
  • 15th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 19th in 2023. 4.94 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.76 in 2023)
  • 43rd in population-adjusted robberies (down from 22nd in 2023. 0.94 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.88 in 2023)
  • 29th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 47th in 2023. 6.82 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 4.94 in 2023)
  • 49th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 53rd in 2023. 7.06 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 8.47 in 2023)
  • 41st in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 60th in 2023. 0.94 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.24 in 2023)
  • 19th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 25th in 2023. 6.82 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 4.24 in 2023)

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.

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

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

Denver crime maps

Denver crime trends map

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.

Denver’s recent crime map

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