So far this year, Cole ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 22nd (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 21st last year. 5.22 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 9.57 up until this point last year)
- 30th in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 27th in 2024. 34.57 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 43.26 in 2024)
- 52nd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 36th in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.65 in 2024)
- 52nd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 25th in 2024. 0.0 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.7 in 2024)
- 22nd in population-adjusted robberies (even ranking with in 2024. 1.74 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.17 in 2024)
- 14th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 38th in 2024. 8.91 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 6.09 in 2024)
- 39th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 22nd in 2024. 5.87 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 12.61 in 2024)
- 29th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 47th in 2024. 1.74 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.65 in 2024)
- 39th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 52nd in 2024. 2.17 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.3 in 2024)
Compare Cole crime rate rankings in recent years
The lower the rank, the worse Cole's crime rate. There are 78 Denver neighborhoods, so the rankings are out of 78.
A table comparing Cole violent crime rates
Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Cole.
| Year | Violent crime | Domestic violence |
Sexual assault | Robbery | Aggravated assault |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28th | 31 | 43 | 34 | 29 |
| 2022 | 24th | 27 | 48 | 53 | 18 |
| 2021 | 28th | 37 | 54 | 23 | 27 |
| 2020 | 26th | 37 | 57 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019 | 19th | 25 | 29 | 19 | 20 |
A table comparing Cole property crime rates
| Year | Property crime |
Auto theft | Bicycle theft | Arson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 35th | 37 | 49 | 27 |
| 2022 | 45th | 32 | 35 | 53 |
| 2021 | 50th | 41 | 27 | 16 |
| 2020 | 49th | 48 | 24 | 6 |
| 2019 | 38th | 43 | 29 | 61 |
A table comparing Cole burglary crime rates
| Year | Residential burglary |
Business burglary |
Burglary, forced entry |
Burglary, unforced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 30 |
| 2022 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 54 |
| 2021 | 18 | 31 | 30 | 21 |
| 2020 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 38 |
| 2019 | 36 | 35 | 30 | 55 |
More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.
New: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.
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