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West Highland, Denver, crime stats, charts, data, map and analysis for 2025. Last updated Thursday May 15th.

West Highland violent crimes are down in the past 30 days (0) compared with the 30 days before that (1), and are up since the start of 2025 when compared to the same time period in 2024.

Recent crime ranking changes in West Highland

There were four 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 Highland.

Year over year, 2025 vs. 2024

See how crime in West Highland is going compared to the same period of time in 2024.

Crime type comparison, 2025,
West Highland vs. Denver

See how the proportion of crimes in West Highland compares with the city.

West Highland crimes

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New West Highland crimes reported since the last site update

    Friday Jan. 1, 2021

  • Bicycle theft, 5:15 PM, at 3484 W Moncrieff Pl.
  • Saturday Jan. 1, 2022

  • Assault causing minor bodily injury - domestic violence, 10:00 AM, no address given.
  • Saturday Jan. 1, 2022

  • Serious assault - domestic violence, 8:00 AM, no address given.
  • Friday Jan. 10, 2020

  • Criminal mischief to a motor vehicle, 12:00 AM, at 4512 W 31St Ave.
  • Friday Jan. 10, 2020

  • Unlawful sexual contact, 3:00 PM, no address given.

West Highland in the news

Roundup: Denver neighborhood violent crime in 2024, compared with 2023
Published February 10
4 men charged in violent armed robbery of Denver jewelry store
Published August 22, 2024
Suspected Tren de Aragua gang member linked to Denver jewelry heist, extradited to Colorado
Published August 7, 2024

The past 30 days in West Highland crime

  • There were no reported incidents of violent crime in the past 30 days. That's less than the 1 30 days before that and even with the monthly average in the last 12 months of 0.2 per month in West Highland.
  • 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, 1 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.2.
  • Robbery: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.0.
  • Burglary: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.0.
  • Property crimes: 2 incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.2.
  • Car thefts: 1 incident the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.1.
  • Bike thefts: No incidents the past 30 days, 0 the 30 days before that. The 12-month monthly average is 0.0.

Latest notable crimes in West Highland

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

West Highland crime map

Reported assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported assaults in West Highland happen?

Reported burglaries, by time of day

What time do most reported burglaries in West Highland happen?

Reported robberies, by time of day

What time do most reported robberies in West Highland happen?

Reported sexual assaults, by time of day

What time do most reported sexual assaults in West Highland happen?

Latest homicides in West Highland

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

Latest serious assaults in West Highland

Good news: West Highland has had no reported assaults in the last 12 months.

Latest robberies in West Highland

Good news: West Highland has had no reported robberies in the last 12 months.

Latest burglaries in West Highland

Good news: West Highland has had no reported burglaries in the last 12 months.

Featured: Denver's 2025 crime map.

Crime in West Highland, by day of the week

West Highland property crimes, by day

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

West Highland violent crimes, by day

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

Monthly crimes in West Highland

Monthly violent crime in West Highland

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 0.2 and the median was 0.0. The most in any month was two, in May 2024, and the least was zero in July 2021.

Monthly property crime in West Highland

In the last 48 months, the average number of crimes in a month was 0.0 and the median was 0.0. The most in any month was one, in May 2025, and the least was zero in June 2021.

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

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

  • 43rd (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 61st last year. 1.73 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 1.19 up until this point last year)
  • 36th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 45th in 2024. 11.49 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 11.49 in 2024)
  • 52nd in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 67th in 2024. 0.11 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)
  • 48th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 66th in 2024. 0.76 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.22 in 2024)
  • 18th in population-adjusted robberies (up from 38th in 2024. 0.98 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.43 in 2024)
  • 39th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 41st in 2024. 1.95 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2025, 2.17 in 2024)
  • 47th in population-adjusted car thefts (down from 45th in 2024. 2.06 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 3.25 in 2024)
  • 15th in population-adjusted bike thefts (up from 41st in 2024. 0.76 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.22 in 2024)
  • 73rd in population-adjusted drug crimes (down from 71st in 2024. 0.11 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025, 0.0 in 2024)

Compare West Highland crime rate rankings in recent years

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

A table comparing West Highland violent crime rates

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

Year Violent crime Domestic
violence
Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated
assault
2023 74th 76 76 61 72
2022 70th 66 75 43 73

A table comparing West Highland property crime rates

Year Property
crime
Auto theft Bicycle theft Arson
2023 41st 53 29 44
2022 39th 51 27 39

A table comparing West Highland burglary crime rates

Year Residential
burglary
Business
burglary
Burglary,
forced entry
Burglary,
unforced
2023 43 48 52 32
2022 37 36 55 22

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

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

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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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