Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Arvada, CO Crime Grade
How Arvada grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Colorado — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
6/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Arvada, CO was 306.8 per 100,000 residents (372 incidents over a population of 121,261). That puts Arvada Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 27% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Arvada #2,673 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #27 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is up 5% year over year and up 6% over the last five years.
Arvada, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Colorado Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 306.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,673 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #27 of 47
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 5%
- 5-year change
- up 6%
- Population
- 121,261
- Reporting agency
- Arvada Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Arvada Police Department (FBI ORI CO0300100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Arvada, CO
Also known as
- Arvado
- Ralston Station
- Ralston Point
History
Named for Hiram Arvada Haskin, the brother of a prominent settler's wife. (CO-T3/020595/p1E and 3E)
Location
Incorporated in 1904. (CO-T3/020595/p1E and 3E)
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Arvada (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Arvada vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 288.1(356) | 264.7(324) | 218.0(262) | 292.2(352) | 306.8(372) |
| Murder | 3.2(4) | 0.8(1) | 0.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.8(1) |
| Rape | 33.2(41) | 33.5(41) | 29.1(35) | 24.1(29) | 21.4(26) |
| Robbery | 72.0(89) | 46.6(57) | 42.4(51) | 46.5(56) | 46.2(56) |
| Aggravated assault | 179.7(222) | 183.8(225) | 145.6(175) | 221.7(267) | 238.3(289) |
| Property crime | 3503.1(4,328) | 3073.5(3,762) | 2665.6(3,204) | 2543.7(3,064) | 2333.0(2,829) |
| Burglary | 359.4(444) | 360.3(441) | 333.6(401) | 346.2(417) | 285.3(346) |
| Larceny | 2432.3(3,005) | 2029.4(2,484) | 1833.6(2,204) | 1779.1(2,143) | 1686.4(2,045) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 696.1(860) | 664.2(813) | 461.7(555) | 378.6(456) | 303.5(368) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Arvada, CO Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Arvada Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Arvada calculated?
- Arvada's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Colorado state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Colorado cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Arvada Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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