So far this year, Sun Valley ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 2nd (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 9th last year. 2.09 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 0.7 up until this point last year)
- 23rd in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 5th in 2024. 2.09 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 6.26 in 2024)
- 38th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (down from 2nd in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.7 in 2024)
- 3rd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 70th in 2024. 0.7 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
- 1st in population-adjusted robberies (up from 69th in 2024. 1.39 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
- 58th in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 1st in 2024. 0.0 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.09 in 2024)
- 4th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 2nd in 2024. 1.39 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.78 in 2024)
- 42nd in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 71st in 2024. 0.0 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
- 50th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 71st in 2024. 0.0 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 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 |
| 2021 | 10th | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5th | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6th | 16 | 17 | 4 | 7 |
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 |
| 2021 | 14th | 16 | 28 | 7 |
| 2020 | 18th | 24 | 36 | 69 |
| 2019 | 10th | 4 | 19 | 54 |
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 |
| 2021 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 2020 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| 2019 | 66 | 15 | 20 | 34 |
More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.
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