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West Colfax, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2025. Last updated Monday August 4th.

West Colfax violent crimes are up in the past 30 days (9) compared with the 30 days before that (2), and are down since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in West Colfax

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 West Colfax.

Year over year, 2025 vs. 2024

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Crime type comparison, 2025,
West Colfax vs. Denver

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West Colfax crimes

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New West Colfax crimes reported since the last site update

    Wednesday Jan. 1, 2020

  • Rape by a person in a position of trust, 12:00 AM, no address given.
  • Saturday Jan. 1, 2022

  • Theft of parts from a vehicle, 11:31 AM, at the 1300 block of N Xavier St.
  • Sunday Jan. 1, 2023

  • Bicycle theft, 10:00 AM, at 1550 N Raleigh St.
  • Friday Jan. 10, 2020

  • Assault causing minor bodily injury - domestic violence, 8:57 PM, no address given.
  • Saturday Jan. 13, 2024

  • Rape, 10:15 PM, no address given.

West Colfax in the news

Denver police search for hit-and-run driver that injured pedestrian
Published June 22
Denver 13-year-old missing since early June
Published June 12
Man shot by Denver police in Paco Sanchez Park
Published February 25

The past 30 days in West Colfax crime

  • There were 9 reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's more than the 2 30 days before that and more than the monthly average in the last 12 months of 6.0 per month in West Colfax.
  • Domestic violence: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.0.
  • Sex assault: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.0.
  • Robbery: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 1.3.
  • Burglary: 12 incidents the past 30 days, 4 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 10.7.
  • Property crimes: 49 incidents the past 30 days, 64 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 57.5.
  • Car thefts: 7 incidents the past 30 days, 15 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 13.8.
  • Bike thefts: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 5 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 2.2.

Latest notable crimes in West Colfax

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

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Reported assaults, by time of day

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Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in West Colfax happen?

Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in West Colfax happen?

Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

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Latest homicides in West Colfax

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

Latest serious assaults in West Colfax

Latest robberies in West Colfax

Latest burglaries in West Colfax

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Crime in West Colfax, by day of the week

West Colfax property crimes, by day

The day of the week reported property crimes in West Colfax happen.

West Colfax violent crimes, by day

The day of the week reported violent crimes in West Colfax happen.

Monthly crimes in West Colfax

Monthly violent crime in West Colfax

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 8.4 and the median was 8.0. The most in any month was 16, in August 2024, and the least was two in November 2023.

Monthly property crime in West Colfax

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 69.9 and the median was 69.5. The most in any month was 102, in September 2022, and the least was 32 in July 2025.

So far this year, West Colfax ranks in reported crime rates:

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

  • 16th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (down from 12th last year. 5.04 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 8.66 up until this point last year)
  • 18th in population-adjusted property crimes (down from 15th in 2024. 40.68 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 48.25 in 2024)
  • 3rd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 15th in 2024. 0.0 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 1.1 in 2024)
  • 3rd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 19th in 2024. 0.0 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.63 in 2024)
  • 27th in population-adjusted robberies (down from 8th in 2024. 0.88 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.63 in 2024)
  • 9th in population-adjusted burglaries (even ranking with in 2024. 7.24 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 7.24 in 2024)
  • 12th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 9th in 2024. 8.77 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 13.27 in 2024)
  • 14th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 12th in 2024. 2.08 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.3 in 2024)
  • 15th in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 13th in 2024. 7.02 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 6.47 in 2024)

Compare West Colfax crime rate rankings in recent years

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

A table comparing West Colfax violent crime rates

Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for West Colfax.

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 15th 16 13 18 16
2022 12th 9 30 16 12

A table comparing West Colfax property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 17th 14 23 5
2022 16th 18 24 8

A table comparing West Colfax burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 8 32 32 11
2022 3 38 23 7

See the full year-by-year rankings for West Colfax.

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

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

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