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East Colfax, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2025. Last updated Monday January 20th.

East Colfax violent crimes are up in the past 30 days (18) compared with the 30 days before that (14), and are up since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in East Colfax

There were 11 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 East Colfax.

Year over year, 2025 vs. 2024

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

Crime type comparison, 2025,
East Colfax vs. Denver

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New East Colfax crimes reported since the last site update

    Wednesday Jan. 1, 2020

  • Assault causing minor bodily injury - domestic violence, 3:01 AM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 1, 2021

  • Rape, 10:00 AM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 1, 2021

  • Rape by a person in a position of trust, 12:00 AM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 1, 2021

  • Indecent exposure, 12:00 AM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 1, 2021

  • Assault causing minor bodily injury - domestic violence, 9:46 AM, no address given.

East Colfax in the news

4 boys injured in shooting near Denver art school
Published November 25, 2024
The worst Denver neighborhoods for residential burglaries so far in 2024
Published October 14, 2024
The worst Denver neighborhoods for violent crime so far in 2024
Published October 7, 2024

The past 30 days in East Colfax crime

  • There were 18 reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's more than the 14 30 days before that and more than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 14.8 per month in East Colfax.
  • Domestic violence: 3 incidents the past 30 days, 10 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 5.2.
  • Sex assault: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.6.
  • Robbery: 6 incidents the past 30 days, 3 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 4.0.
  • Burglary: 10 incidents the past 30 days, 14 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 7.9.
  • Property crimes: 31 incidents the past 30 days, 38 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 36.2.
  • Car thefts: 5 incidents the past 30 days, 11 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 12.9.
  • Bike thefts: No incidents the past 30 days, 2 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.0.

Compare East Colfax to its neighbors

See how East Colfax's reported crime rate compares with the neighborhoods it borders (South Park Hill, Central Park, Montclair, Lowry Field).

East Colfax addresses with the most reported crime

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

  1. 1400 Block N Xenia St: 5
  2. No address given: 5
  3. 1523 N Willow St: 4
  4. 1103 N Yosemite St: 4
  5. E 14th Ave / N Yosemite St: 3

Latest notable crimes in East Colfax

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

East Colfax crime map

Reported assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported assaults in East Colfax happen?

Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in East Colfax happen?

Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in East Colfax happen?

Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported sexual assaults in East Colfax happen?

Latest homicides in East Colfax

Latest serious assaults in East Colfax

Latest robberies in East Colfax

Latest burglaries in East Colfax

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Crime in East Colfax, by day of the week

East Colfax property crimes, by day

The day of the week reported property crimes in East Colfax happen.

East Colfax violent crimes, by day

The day of the week reported violent crimes in East Colfax happen.

Monthly crimes in East Colfax

Monthly violent crime in East Colfax

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 15.6 and the median was 16.0. The most in any month was 29, in August 2024, and the least was five in April 2022.

Monthly property crime in East Colfax

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 50.3 and the median was 51.0. The most in any month was 78, in February 2022, and the least was 15 in January 2025.

So far this year, East Colfax ranks in reported crime rates:

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

  • 8th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 11th last year. 0.71 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 0.44 up until this point last year)
  • 31st in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 40th in 2024. 0.98 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.15 in 2024)
  • 5th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 25th in 2024. 0.18 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
  • 26th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 12th in 2024. 0.09 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.18 in 2024)
  • 4th in population-adjusted robberies (up from 12th in 2024. 0.27 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.09 in 2024)
  • 11th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 29th in 2024. 0.36 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.18 in 2024)
  • 14th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 45th in 2024. 0.44 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.27 in 2024)
  • 28th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 29th in 2024. 0.0 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
  • 7th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 10th in 2024. 0.8 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.44 in 2024)

Compare East Colfax crime rate rankings in recent years

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

A table comparing East Colfax violent crime rates

Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for East Colfax.

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 13th 18 25 12 13
2022 13th 17 21 12 13

A table comparing East Colfax property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 39th 24 54 31
2022 36th 22 48 33

A table comparing East Colfax burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 14 37 27 31
2022 8 49 26 26

See the full year-by-year rankings for East Colfax.

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

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

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