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Sunnyside, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2024. Last updated Thursday December 19th.

Sunnyside violent crimes are even in the past 30 days (3) compared with the 30 days before that (3), and are down since the start of 2024 when compared to the same time period in 2023.

Recent crime ranking changes in Sunnyside

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 Sunnyside.

Year over year, 2024 vs. 2023

See how crime in Sunnyside is going compared to the same period of time in 2023.

Crime type comparison, 2024,
Sunnyside vs. Denver

See how the proportion of crimes in Sunnyside compares with the city.

Sunnyside crimes

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New Sunnyside crimes reported since the last site update

    Saturday Jan. 1, 2022

  • Unlawful sexual contact, 12:01 AM, no address given.
  • Tuesday Jan. 10, 2023

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, 10:00 PM, no address given.
  • Saturday Jan. 11, 2020

  • Criminal mischief - graffiti, 1:30 PM, at the 4300 block of N Kalamath St.
  • Wednesday Jan. 11, 2023

  • Robbery of a business using a weapon, 4:10 AM, at 1301 W 38th Ave.
  • Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021

  • Carrying a concealed weapon, 12:25 PM, at 1301 W 38th Ave.

Sunnyside in the news

Two Denver hit-and-run crashes seriously injure pedestrian, scooter rider
Published December 13
Three people injured in Sunday night shooting in Denver
Published August 28, 2023
One killed, three wounded in shooting in Denver's Sunnyside neighborhood
Published August 28, 2022

The past 30 days in Sunnyside crime

  • There were 3 reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's even with the 3 30 days before that and less than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 5.1 per month in Sunnyside.
  • Domestic violence: No incidents the past 30 days, 1 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.8.
  • Sex assault: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.8.
  • Robbery: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 1 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.4.
  • Burglary: 15 incidents the past 30 days, 13 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 6.8.
  • Property crimes: 40 incidents the past 30 days, 42 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 29.7.
  • Car thefts: 11 incidents the past 30 days, 9 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 8.3.
  • Bike thefts: 1 incident the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.0.

Compare Sunnyside to its neighbors

See how Sunnyside's reported crime rate compares with the neighborhoods it borders (Highland, Berkeley, Globeville, Chaffee Park).

Sunnyside addresses with the most reported crime

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

  1. No address given: 34
  2. 4055 N Inca St: 15
  3. 990 W 41st Ave: 12
  4. 1777 W 38th Ave: 10
  5. 3850 N Alcott St: 9

Latest notable crimes in Sunnyside

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

Sunnyside crime map

Reported assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported assaults in Sunnyside happen?

Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in Sunnyside happen?

Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in Sunnyside happen?

Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported sexual assaults in Sunnyside happen?

Latest homicides in Sunnyside

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

Latest serious assaults in Sunnyside

Latest robberies in Sunnyside

Latest burglaries in Sunnyside

  • Burglary of a residence with forced entry, Sunday Dec. 15, 9:03 PM, at 4308 N Mariposa St.
  • Burglary - other, Wednesday Dec. 4, 7:35 AM, at 4670 N Eliot St.
  • Burglary - other, Wednesday Dec. 4, 6:35 AM, at 4686 N Eliot St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Tuesday Dec. 3, 12:45 AM, at 4750 N Tejon St.
  • Burglary of a business without forced entry, Friday Nov. 29, 2:00 AM, at 4119 N Decatur St.
  • Burglary of a business with forced entry, Thursday Nov. 28, 8:00 AM, at 4055 N Inca St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Monday Nov. 25, 11:01 PM, at 4104 N Quivas St.
  • Burglary of a residence with forced entry, Monday Nov. 25, 5:34 AM, at 3942 N Tejon St.
  • Burglary - other, Sunday Nov. 24, 9:40 AM, at 4336 N Decatur St.
  • Burglary of a residence without forced entry, Wednesday Nov. 20, 6:39 AM, at 4722 N Eliot St.

Featured: Each neighborhood now has a list of its high-crime addresses.

Crime in Sunnyside, by day of the week

Sunnyside property crimes, by day

The day of the week reported property crimes in Sunnyside happen.

Sunnyside violent crimes, by day

The day of the week reported violent crimes in Sunnyside happen.

Monthly crimes in Sunnyside

Monthly violent crime in Sunnyside

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 5.6 and the median was 5.0. The most in any month was 12, in January 2023, and the least was zero in March 2023.

Monthly property crime in Sunnyside

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 37.8 and the median was 38.0. The most in any month was 57, in October 2023, and the least was 16 in December 2024.

So far this year, Sunnyside ranks in reported crime rates:

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

  • 34th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (even from 34th last year. 6.41 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 6.61 up until this point last year)
  • 40th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 48th in 2023. 37.73 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 39.46 in 2023)
  • 28th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 68th in 2023. 0.92 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.31 in 2023)
  • 46th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 35th in 2023. 2.14 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.75 in 2023)
  • 29th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 24th in 2023. 1.93 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.34 in 2023)
  • 30th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 43rd in 2023. 8.54 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 6.0 in 2023)
  • 36th in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 46th in 2023. 10.17 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 11.29 in 2023)
  • 38th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 40th in 2023. 1.22 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.12 in 2023)
  • 47th in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 40th in 2023. 2.03 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 2.64 in 2023)

Compare Sunnyside crime rate rankings in recent years

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

A table comparing Sunnyside violent crime rates

Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Sunnyside.

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 32nd 35 70 21 39
2022 33rd 38 42 34 33

A table comparing Sunnyside property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 48th 46 40 76
2022 50th 55 43 49

A table comparing Sunnyside burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 24 59 61 26
2022 20 43 38 25

See the full year-by-year rankings for Sunnyside.

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

New: The worst Denver neighborhoods for violent crime so far in 2024.

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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.

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