So far this year, Westwood ranks in reported crime rates:
Rankings range from 1st (worst) to 78th (best).
- 26th (out of Denver's 78 neighborhoods) in violent crimes per 1,000 residents (up from 31st last year. 7.97 violent crimes per 1,000 residents this year, 6.76 up until this point last year)
- 72nd in population-adjusted property crimes (up from 75th in 2023. 18.71 property crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 18.53 in 2023)
- 36th in population-adjusted sexual assaults (up from 47th in 2023. 0.66 sexual assaults per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.54 in 2023)
- 24th in population-adjusted domestic violence crimes (down from 23rd in 2023. 3.98 domestic violence crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.5 in 2023)
- 32nd in population-adjusted robberies (up from 34th in 2023. 1.45 robberies per 1,000 residents in 2024, 1.39 in 2023)
- 72nd in population-adjusted burglaries (down from 69th in 2023. 2.84 burglaries per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.02 in 2023)
- 52nd in population-adjusted car thefts (up from 68th in 2023. 7.73 car thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 7.0 in 2023)
- 75th in population-adjusted bike thefts (down from 68th in 2023. 0.18 bike thefts per 1,000 residents in 2024, 0.12 in 2023)
- 27th in population-adjusted drug crimes (up from 29th in 2023. 4.59 drug crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, 3.98 in 2023)
Compare Westwood crime rate rankings in recent years
The lower the rank, the worse Westwood's crime rate. There are 78 Denver neighborhoods, so the rankings are out of 78.
A table comparing Westwood violent crime rates
Shown here are the population-adjusted crime rates for Westwood.
| Year | Violent crime | Domestic violence |
Sexual assault | Robbery | Aggravated assault |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29th | 25 | 45 | 33 | 31 |
| 2022 | 26th | 20 | 25 | 42 | 24 |
| 2021 | 29th | 18 | 59 | 37 | 24 |
| 2020 | 31st | 26 | 50 | 32 | 32 |
| 2019 | 24th | 24 | 24 | 37 | 19 |
A table comparing Westwood property crime rates
| Year | Property crime |
Auto theft | Bicycle theft | Arson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 75th | 63 | 68 | 13 |
| 2022 | 70th | 67 | 72 | 25 |
| 2021 | 67th | 51 | 70 | 46 |
| 2020 | 69th | 62 | 74 | 19 |
| 2019 | 68th | 34 | 71 | 21 |
A table comparing Westwood burglary crime rates
| Year | Residential burglary |
Business burglary |
Burglary, forced entry |
Burglary, unforced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 60 | 72 | 66 | 74 |
| 2022 | 59 | 72 | 61 | 75 |
| 2021 | 64 | 52 | 49 | 71 |
| 2020 | 62 | 49 | 53 | 64 |
| 2019 | 72 | 58 | 68 | 71 |
More: Compare crime rate rankings across all 78 Denver neighborhoods.
Featured: Read the October 2024 Denver-city crime report.
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