So far this year, Highland ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 16th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 40th last year. 1.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 0.44 up until this point last year)
- 19th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 28th in 2024. 5.67 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.89 in 2024)
- 5th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 18th in 2024. 0.33 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.11 in 2024)
- 36th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 52nd in 2024. 0.22 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.11 in 2024)
- 19th in population-adjusted robberies (up from 43rd in 2024. 0.22 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.11 in 2024)
- 6th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 29th in 2024. 1.33 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.56 in 2024)
- 30th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 49th in 2024. 0.89 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.78 in 2024)
- 20th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 15th in 2024. 0.11 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.22 in 2024)
- 40th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 48th in 2024. 0.11 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.11 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 January 2025 Denver-city crime report.
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