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Highland, Denver, crime rate rankings. All rankings are for the adjusted-for-population crime figures. Last updated Thursday April 10th.

Recent crime ranking changes in Highland

There were 3 notable ranking changes in these crime categories when comparing the rankings four weeks ago to the current rankings. This list updates Mondays. The lower the rank the worse the reported crime is in Highland.

    In burglaries:

  • Highland fell 1 rank, from 12th to 11th.

    • In Thefts:

  • Highland improved 3 ranks, from 21st to 24th.

    • In bicycle thefts:

  • Highland improved 4 ranks, from 15th to 19th.

Brand new: Read the March 2025 Highland crime report

Featured: The 16th Street Mall crime report.

So far this year, Highland ranks in reported crime rates:

Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).

  • 40th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 38th last year. 1.22 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 1.33 up until this point last year)
  • 22nd in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 23rd in 2024. 14.35 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 13.12 in 2024)
  • 19th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 28th in 2024. 0.33 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.22 in 2024)
  • 66th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 36th in 2024. 0.22 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.56 in 2024)
  • 32nd in population-adjusted robberies (down from 26th in 2024. 0.33 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.44 in 2024)
  • 11th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 23rd in 2024. 2.56 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.89 in 2024)
  • 26th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 27th in 2024. 2.56 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.34 in 2024)
  • 19th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 18th in 2024. 0.44 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.44 in 2024)
  • 54th in population-adjusted drug crimes (even ranking with in 2024. 0.33 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.33 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.

Brand new: Read the March 2025 Denver-city crime report.

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