Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Brighton, CO Crime Grade
How Brighton 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
7/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Brighton, CO was 487.5 per 100,000 residents (216 incidents over a population of 44,307). That puts Brighton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% above the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Brighton (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brighton 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 | 382.8(159) | 432.0(178) | 456.7(195) | 483.4(209) | 487.5(216) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.3(3) | 4.7(2) | 4.6(2) | 11.3(5) |
| Rape | 84.3(35) | 104.4(43) | 74.9(32) | 87.9(38) | 72.2(32) |
| Robbery | 28.9(12) | 12.1(5) | 18.7(8) | 34.7(15) | 40.6(18) |
| Aggravated assault | 269.7(112) | 308.2(127) | 358.3(153) | 356.2(154) | 363.4(161) |
| Property crime | 3134.7(1,302) | 2970.5(1,224) | 2714.3(1,159) | 2560.7(1,107) | 2367.6(1,049) |
| Burglary | 298.5(124) | 233.0(96) | 264.6(113) | 256.8(111) | 160.2(71) |
| Larceny | 2234.3(928) | 2021.6(833) | 1861.8(795) | 1919.9(830) | 1959.1(868) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 582.6(242) | 684.4(282) | 566.7(242) | 370.1(160) | 218.9(97) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Brighton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Colorado cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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