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 8th last year. 46.59 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 25.03 up until this point last year)
- 6th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 11th in 2023. 126.56 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 117.52 in 2023)
- 3rd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 18th in 2023. 6.95 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.39 in 2023)
- 10th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 8th in 2023. 6.95 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 6.95 in 2023)
- 2nd in population-adjusted robberies (up from 6th in 2023. 9.74 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 5.56 in 2023)
- 4th in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 3rd in 2023. 18.08 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 25.73 in 2023)
- 5th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 7th in 2023. 32.68 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 31.99 in 2023)
- 23rd in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 24th in 2023. 2.78 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.78 in 2023)
- 5th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 7th in 2023. 40.33 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 23.64 in 2023)
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 |
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