So far this year, Highland ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 36th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 30th last year. 1.67 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 1.89 up until this point last year)
- 22nd in population-adjusted property crimes (even ranking with in 2023. 15.13 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 21.13 in 2023)
- 19th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 9th in 2023. 0.33 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.78 in 2023)
- 45th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 52nd in 2023. 0.67 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.33 in 2023)
- 23rd in population-adjusted robberies (up from 65th in 2023. 0.56 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.11 in 2023)
- 19th in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 18th in 2023. 2.45 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.34 in 2023)
- 28th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 34th in 2023. 3.78 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 5.01 in 2023)
- 15th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 14th in 2023. 0.56 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.78 in 2023)
- 50th in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 39th in 2023. 0.44 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.78 in 2023)
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 |
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