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Sun Valley, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2025. Last updated Monday February 10th.

Sun Valley violent crimes are down in the past 30 days (3) compared with the 30 days before that (4), and are even since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in Sun Valley

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

Year over year, 2025 vs. 2024

See how crime in Sun Valley is going compared to the same period of time in 2024.

Crime type comparison, 2025,
Sun Valley vs. Denver

See how the proportion of crimes in Sun Valley compares with the city.

Sun Valley crimes

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New: The Mile High Stadium crime report.

New Sun Valley crimes reported since the last site update

    Tuesday Jan. 10, 2023

  • Assault causing minor bodily injury - domestic violence, 4:00 AM, no address given.
  • Wednesday Jan. 11, 2023

  • Criminal mischief to a motor vehicle, 8:15 AM, at 1005 N Decatur St.
  • Saturday Jan. 13, 2024

  • Unlawful sexual contact, 8:00 AM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 19, 2024

  • Assault causing minor bodily injury - domestic violence, 11:00 PM, no address given.
  • Thursday Jan. 20, 2022

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, 3:00 PM, no address given.

Sun Valley in the news

Year-end review: Denver neighborhood property crime in 2024, compared with 2023
Published February 10
Roundup: Denver neighborhood violent crime in 2024, compared with 2023
Published February 10
Man dead, 3 injured in 4 separate shootings across Denver on Sunday
Published November 3, 2024

The past 30 days in Sun Valley crime

  • There were 3 reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's less than the 4 30 days before that and less than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 5.2 per month in Sun Valley.
  • Domestic violence: 1 incident the past 30 days, 4 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.9.
  • Sex assault: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.7.
  • Robbery: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 1 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.1.
  • Burglary: No incidents the past 30 days, 1 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.7.
  • Property crimes: 13 incidents the past 30 days, 14 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 14.9.
  • Car thefts: 5 incidents the past 30 days, 5 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 4.2.
  • Bike thefts: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.2.

Compare Sun Valley to its neighbors

See how Sun Valley's reported crime rate compares with the neighborhoods it borders (Lincoln Park, Auraria, Jefferson Park, West Colfax, Valverde, Villa Park).

Sun Valley addresses with the most reported crime

These are the top Sun Valley addresses in Denver that have had the most crime reports this year.

  1. 1155 N Decatur St: 6
  2. 2601 W 7th Ave: 4
  3. 2800 W 10th Ave: 2
  4. 620 N Federal Blvd: 2
  5. No address given: 2

Latest notable crimes in Sun Valley

A Sun Valley crime map and recent crime listing for homicides, serious assaults, burglaries and robberies.

Sun Valley crime map

Reported assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported assaults in Sun Valley happen?

Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in Sun Valley happen?

Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in Sun Valley happen?

Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported sexual assaults in Sun Valley happen?

Latest homicides in Sun Valley

Good news: Sun Valley has had no reported homicides in the last 12 months.

Latest serious assaults in Sun Valley

Latest robberies in Sun Valley

Latest burglaries in Sun Valley

  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Wednesday Dec. 18, 5:30 AM, at 955 N Decatur St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Saturday Nov. 9, 11:00 AM, at 2601 W 7th Ave.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Saturday Oct. 5, 3:30 PM, at 2929 W 9th Ave.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Sunday Sept. 29, 12:34 PM, at 620 N Federal Blvd.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Saturday Sept. 28, 9:52 PM, at 1230 N Decatur St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Monday August 5, 8:00 AM, at 1025 N Decatur St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Thursday July 18, 8:00 PM, at 2639 W Holden Pl.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Saturday July 13, 2:00 PM, at 2800 W 10th Ave.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Friday July 12, 3:19 AM, at 2575 W Barberry Pl.
  • Possession of burglary tools, Friday July 12, 3:19 AM, at 2575 W Barberry Pl.

New: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.

Crime in Sun Valley, by day of the week

Sun Valley property crimes, by day

The day of the week reported property crimes in Sun Valley happen.

Sun Valley violent crimes, by day

The day of the week reported violent crimes in Sun Valley happen.

Monthly crimes in Sun Valley

Monthly violent crime in Sun Valley

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 4.0 and the median was 4.0. The most in any month was 12, in August 2024, and the least was zero in April 2022.

Monthly property crime in Sun Valley

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 15.1 and the median was 15.0. The most in any month was 30, in June 2024, and the least was two in February 2025.

So far this year, Sun Valley ranks in reported crime rates:

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

  • 3rd (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 4th last year. 2.78 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 2.78 up until this point last year)
  • 14th in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 11th in 2024. 6.26 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 7.65 in 2024)
  • 43rd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 2nd in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.39 in 2024)
  • 3rd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 7th in 2024. 1.39 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.7 in 2024)
  • 1st in population-adjusted robberies (up from 70th in 2024. 2.09 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
  • 71st in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 2nd in 2024. 0.0 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.78 in 2024)
  • 4th in population-adjusted car thefts (even ranking with in 2024. 2.78 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.48 in 2024)
  • 47th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 72nd in 2024. 0.0 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
  • 9th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 10th in 2024. 1.39 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.39 in 2024)

Compare Sun Valley crime rate rankings in recent years

The lower the rank, the worse Sun Valley's crime rate. There are 78 Denver neighborhoods, so the rankings are out of 78.

A table comparing Sun Valley violent crime rates

Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Sun Valley.

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 8th 6 18 6 7
2022 5th 6 9 5 3

A table comparing Sun Valley property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 11th 7 20 7
2022 11th 7 34 3

A table comparing Sun Valley burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 55 1 2 8
2022 69 4 6 23

See the full year-by-year rankings for Sun Valley.

More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.

New: Which neighborhoods saw the largest change in violent crime rates in 2024.

Denver crime maps

Denver crime trends map

The crimes trends map shows the change in crime counts and rates on a monthly and year-to-date basis.

Denver crime trends map

The Denver-city recent crime map

The recent crimes map shows where crimes across the city were reported in the last two or so months, and shows which addresses across the city have logged the most reported crimes.

Denver’s recent crime map

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