So far this year, East Colfax ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 15th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 11th last year. 2.58 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 3.2 up until this point last year)
- 34th in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 29th in 2024. 7.55 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 9.42 in 2024)
- 20th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 27th in 2024. 0.27 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.18 in 2024)
- 25th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 13th in 2024. 0.8 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.33 in 2024)
- 10th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 9th in 2024. 0.8 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.89 in 2024)
- 10th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 22nd in 2024. 2.22 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.69 in 2024)
- 21st in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 15th in 2024. 2.4 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 4.09 in 2024)
- 29th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 47th in 2024. 0.18 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
- 8th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 11th in 2024. 4.71 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.2 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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