So far this year, East Colfax 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 (down from 11th last year. 8.17 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 12.53 up until this point last year)
- 32nd in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 33rd in 2024. 27.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 30.12 in 2024)
- 16th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 21st in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.89 in 2024)
- 16th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 18th in 2024. 0.0 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.73 in 2024)
- 11th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 7th in 2024. 2.84 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.55 in 2024)
- 16th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 33rd in 2024. 6.66 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 5.42 in 2024)
- 19th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 15th in 2024. 7.91 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 12.62 in 2024)
- 41st in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 53rd in 2024. 0.89 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.44 in 2024)
- 10th in population-adjusted drug crimes (even ranking with in 2024. 14.48 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 11.82 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 |
| 2021 | 13th | 17 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| 2020 | 11th | 23 | 20 | 12 | 13 |
| 2019 | 17th | 13 | 19 | 11 | 17 |
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 |
| 2021 | 33rd | 23 | 53 | 17 |
| 2020 | 34th | 15 | 54 | 48 |
| 2019 | 45th | 23 | 57 | 25 |
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 |
| 2021 | 16 | 42 | 20 | 43 |
| 2020 | 21 | 59 | 32 | 34 |
| 2019 | 40 | 38 | 33 | 56 |
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