So far this year, Highland ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 44th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 43rd last year. 1.45 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 2.22 up until this point last year)
- 21st in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 23rd in 2024. 26.36 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 25.47 in 2024)
- 26th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 21st in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.56 in 2024)
- 26th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 56th in 2024. 0.0 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.56 in 2024)
- 41st in population-adjusted robberies (down from 28th in 2024. 0.44 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.78 in 2024)
- 24th in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 19th in 2024. 3.78 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 4.23 in 2024)
- 21st in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 28th in 2024. 4.78 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 5.67 in 2024)
- 18th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 17th in 2024. 1.11 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.22 in 2024)
- 56th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 59th in 2024. 0.56 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.44 in 2024)
Compare Highland crime rate rankings in recent years
The lower the rank, the worse Highland's crime rate. There are 78 Denver neighborhoods, so the rankings are out of 78.
A table comparing Highland violent crime rates
Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Highland.
| Year | Violent crime | Domestic violence |
Sexual assault | Robbery | Aggravated assault |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43rd | 36 | 21 | 47 | 45 |
| 2022 | 35th | 64 | 47 | 35 | 34 |
| 2021 | 46th | 59 | 27 | 46 | 52 |
| 2020 | 40th | 49 | 45 | 41 | 38 |
| 2019 | 35th | 39 | 27 | 34 | 37 |
A table comparing Highland property crime rates
| Year | Property crime |
Auto theft | Bicycle theft | Arson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25th | 34 | 15 | 26 |
| 2022 | 19th | 23 | 11 | 56 |
| 2021 | 15th | 20 | 9 | 28 |
| 2020 | 16th | 29 | 7 | 58 |
| 2019 | 18th | 22 | 12 | 37 |
A table comparing Highland burglary crime rates
| Year | Residential burglary |
Business burglary |
Burglary, forced entry |
Burglary, unforced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 26 | 44 | 55 | 20 |
| 2022 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 16 |
| 2021 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 7 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 |
More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.
Featured: Read the May 2025 Denver-city crime report.
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