Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Castle Rock, CO Crime Grade
How Castle Rock 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
1/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Castle Rock, CO was 30.3 per 100,000 residents (26 incidents over a population of 85,729). That puts Castle Rock Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 93% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Castle Rock #246 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #2 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 46% over the last five years.
Castle Rock, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Colorado Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 30.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #246 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #2 of 47
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 46%
- Population
- 85,729
- Reporting agency
- Castle Rock Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Castle Rock Police Department (FBI ORI CO0180100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Castle Rock (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Castle Rock 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 | 56.0(41) | 35.4(28) | 22.7(19) | 38.1(32) | 30.3(26) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.8(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 20.5(15) | 10.1(8) | 3.6(3) | 10.7(9) | 7.0(6) |
| Robbery | 12.3(9) | 3.8(3) | 3.6(3) | 5.9(5) | 1.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 23.2(17) | 17.7(14) | 15.6(13) | 21.4(18) | 22.2(19) |
| Property crime | 1637.5(1,199) | 1178.2(932) | 1218.5(1,018) | 954.8(803) | 937.8(804) |
| Burglary | 140.7(103) | 79.6(63) | 99.3(83) | 61.8(52) | 44.3(38) |
| Larceny | 1388.9(1,017) | 1012.6(801) | 1046.1(874) | 846.6(712) | 843.4(723) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 106.5(78) | 78.4(62) | 73.0(61) | 44.0(37) | 49.0(42) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Castle Rock, 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 Castle Rock 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 Castle Rock calculated?
- Castle Rock'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 Castle Rock 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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