Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Aurora, CO Crime Grade
How Aurora 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
10/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Aurora, CO was 759.1 per 100,000 residents (3,092 incidents over a population of 407,319). That puts Aurora Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 81% above the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Aurora #3,571 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #44 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 26% over the last five years.
Aurora, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Colorado Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 759.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,571 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #44 of 47
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 26%
- Population
- 407,319
- Reporting agency
- Aurora Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Aurora Police Department (FBI ORI CO0010100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Aurora, CO
Also known as
- Fletcher
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. Aurora (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Aurora 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 | 1024.4(4,035) | 1156.7(4,536) | 959.3(3,808) | 952.6(3,790) | 759.1(3,092) |
| Murder | 11.4(45) | 13.8(54) | 10.3(41) | 10.1(40) | 8.8(36) |
| Rape | 114.0(449) | 85.4(335) | 88.2(350) | 75.2(299) | 67.0(273) |
| Robbery | 197.3(777) | 223.4(876) | 145.6(578) | 136.7(544) | 88.4(360) |
| Aggravated assault | 701.7(2,764) | 834.2(3,271) | 715.2(2,839) | 730.7(2,907) | 594.9(2,423) |
| Property crime | 3926.4(15,466) | 4323.3(16,953) | 3821.4(15,170) | 3365.6(13,390) | 2471.5(10,067) |
| Burglary | 485.4(1,912) | 475.9(1,866) | 439.8(1,746) | 374.0(1,488) | 236.7(964) |
| Larceny | 1997.5(7,868) | 2064.3(8,095) | 2017.3(8,008) | 2052.3(8,165) | 1702.1(6,933) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1403.9(5,530) | 1753.7(6,877) | 1333.6(5,294) | 916.4(3,646) | 507.0(2,065) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Aurora, 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 Aurora 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 Aurora calculated?
- Aurora'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 Aurora 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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