So far this year, East Colfax ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 11th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 14th last year. 4.09 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 3.82 up until this point last year)
- 26th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 31st in 2023. 12.26 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 16.79 in 2023)
- 37th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 20th in 2023. 0.18 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.36 in 2023)
- 15th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 19th in 2023. 1.87 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.15 in 2023)
- 8th in population-adjusted robberies (up from 18th in 2023. 1.24 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.62 in 2023)
- 24th in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 21st in 2023. 2.22 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.2 in 2023)
- 13th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 22nd in 2023. 5.42 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 6.13 in 2023)
- 49th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 57th in 2023. 0.09 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.0 in 2023)
- 10th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 15th in 2023. 5.24 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.4 in 2023)
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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