Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Canon City, CO Crime Grade
How Canon City 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 Canon City, CO was 811.3 per 100,000 residents (140 incidents over a population of 17,257). That puts Canon City 149% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 93% above the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Canon City #3,603 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #45 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is up 243% year over year and up 12% over the last five years.
Canon City, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Colorado Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 811.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,603 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #45 of 47
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 243%
- 5-year change
- up 12%
- Population
- 17,257
- Reporting agency
- Canon City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Canon City Police Department (FBI ORI CO0220100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Canon City, CO
Also known as
- East Canon
- Canyon City
History
The 1994 Board on Geographic Names (BGN) decision was approved with a tilde over the first "n" in the name "Cañon City".
Location
19.3 km (12 mi) E of the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River and 56.3 km (35 mi) WNW of Pueblo.
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. Canon City (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Canon City 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 | 725.0(120) | 500.5(88) | 465.3(81) | 236.4(41) | 811.3(140) |
| Murder | 18.1(3) | 5.7(1) | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 11.6(2) |
| Rape | 169.2(28) | 68.3(12) | 74.7(13) | 75.0(13) | 249.2(43) |
| Robbery | 60.4(10) | 68.3(12) | 28.7(5) | 0.0(0) | 40.6(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 477.3(79) | 358.3(63) | 356.2(62) | 161.5(28) | 509.9(88) |
| Property crime | 4356.0(721) | 3048.6(536) | 4009.7(698) | 1805.0(313) | 3401.5(587) |
| Burglary | 537.7(89) | 346.9(61) | 499.8(87) | 126.9(22) | 405.6(70) |
| Larceny | 3431.6(568) | 2394.5(421) | 3211.2(559) | 1580.1(274) | 2816.2(486) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 344.4(57) | 250.3(44) | 229.8(40) | 80.7(14) | 127.5(22) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Canon City, 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 Canon City 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 Canon City calculated?
- Canon City'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 Canon City 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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