So far this year, West Highland ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 63rd (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 75th last year. 3.03 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 1.3 up until this point last year)
- 39th in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 40th in 2023. 33.48 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 41.28 in 2023)
- 59th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 76th in 2023. 0.33 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.11 in 2023)
- 73rd in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (up from 77th in 2023. 0.54 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.11 in 2023)
- 43rd in population-adjusted robberies (up from 77th in 2023. 1.08 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.22 in 2023)
- 24th in population-adjusted burglaries (up from 37th in 2023. 8.89 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 6.28 in 2023)
- 53rd in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 55th in 2023. 7.69 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 8.99 in 2023)
- 30th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 29th in 2023. 1.84 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.84 in 2023)
- 62nd in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 73rd in 2023. 0.65 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.33 in 2023)
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 |
| 2021 | 66th | 68 | 71 | 52 | 69 |
| 2020 | 77th | 72 | 73 | 69 | 76 |
| 2019 | 63rd | 68 | 54 | 60 | 62 |
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 |
| 2021 | 34th | 52 | 30 | 50 |
| 2020 | 32nd | 58 | 27 | 57 |
| 2019 | 46th | 47 | 44 | 60 |
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 |
| 2021 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 29 |
| 2020 | 15 | 70 | 67 | 16 |
| 2019 | 23 | 45 | 41 | 31 |
More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.
Featured: Each neighborhood now has a list of its high-crime addresses.
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