So far this year, Highland ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 51st (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 40th last year. 2.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 3.78 up until this point last year)
- 21st in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 22nd in 2024. 40.04 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 37.93 in 2024)
- 8th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 33rd in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.56 in 2024)
- 8th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 51st in 2024. 0.0 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.22 in 2024)
- 48th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 25th in 2024. 0.56 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.33 in 2024)
- 15th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 30th in 2024. 6.34 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 5.34 in 2024)
- 24th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 28th in 2024. 6.45 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 8.34 in 2024)
- 20th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 15th in 2024. 1.78 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.34 in 2024)
- 47th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 63rd in 2024. 1.22 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.56 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.
New: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.
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