Crime ranking changes from December to January
There were 11 ranking changes in major crime categories when comparing the rankings from December to January. The lower the rank the worse the reported crime rate is in Highland.
- Highland fell 16 ranks, from 45th to 29th.
- Highland fell 13 ranks, from 19th to 6th.
- Highland fell 22 ranks, from 59th to 37th.
- Highland fell 21 ranks, from 27th to 6th.
- Highland fell 1 rank, from 20th to 19th.
- Highland fell 6 ranks, from 27th to 21st.
- Highland fell 33 ranks, from 40th to 7th.
- Highland improved 2 ranks, from 19th to 21st.
- Highland improved 10 ranks, from 11th to 21st.
- Highland fell 22 ranks, from 42nd to 20th.
- Highland fell 3 ranks, from 47th to 44th.
In serious assaults:
In burglaries:
In domestic violence crimes:
In homicides:
In property crimes:
In robberies:
In sexual assaults:
In Thefts:
In bicycle thefts:
In violent crimes:
In white-collar crimes:
See all the Highland crime rate ranking changes.
Highland crime counts for January, in comparison
Violent crimes in Highland
Violent crime in January was up in Denver from December of last year, and up compared against January 2024, and up compared with the 2025 average of 7 violent crimes per month.
Serious assaults in Highland
Serious assault in January was up in Denver from December of last year, and even compared against January 2024, and up compared with the 2025 average of 2 serious assaults per month.
Property crimes in Highland
Property crime in January was up in Denver from December of last year, and up compared against January 2024, and up compared with the 2025 average of 45 property crimes per month.
Burglaries in Highland
Burglary in January was up in Denver from December of last year, and up compared against January 2024, and up compared with the 2025 average of 9 burglaries per month.
Neighbors report, January 2025
How does the overall crime-rate ranking of Highland compare to its neighboring neighborhoods, Union Station, Sunnyside, Globeville, Jefferson Park, West Highland, Five Points.
The higher the rank, the worse that neighborhood's adjusted-for-population crime rate. Rankings are based on cumulative crimes from January to January.
Violent Crime
- 5. Five Points
- 6. Union Station
- 12. Jefferson Park
- 15. Sunnyside
- 16. Highland
- 21. Globeville
- 47. West Highland
Property Crime
- 3. Five Points
- 5. Jefferson Park
- 7. Union Station
- 9. Globeville
- 19. Highland
- 40. West Highland
- 41. Sunnyside
Aggravated Assault
- 3. Five Points
- 4. Union Station
- 11. Sunnyside
- 18. Globeville
- 26. Highland
- 68. Jefferson Park
- 73. West Highland
Sexual Assault
- 1. Jefferson Park
- 4. Union Station
- 5. Highland
- 9. Five Points
- 34. Globeville
- 57. Sunnyside
- 64. West Highland
Domestic Violence
- 12. Five Points
- 18. Union Station
- 21. Jefferson Park
- 29. Globeville
- 36. Highland
- 39. West Highland
- 44. Sunnyside
Robbery
- 6. Union Station
- 8. Jefferson Park
- 11. West Highland
- 14. Globeville
- 15. Five Points
- 19. Highland
- 23. Sunnyside
Burglary
- 3. Five Points
- 6. Highland
- 13. Union Station
- 23. Globeville
- 44. Jefferson Park
- 66. West Highland
- 67. Sunnyside
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