Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Centennial, CO Crime Grade
How Centennial 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
3/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Centennial, CO was 163.3 per 100,000 residents (178 incidents over a population of 109,020). That puts Centennial Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 61% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Centennial #1,753 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 54% of them, and #13 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Centennial, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Colorado Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 163.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,753 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #13 of 47
- Safer than
- 54% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 109,020
- Reporting agency
- Centennial Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Centennial Police Department (FBI ORI CO0031100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Centennial (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Centennial 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 | 188.9(210) | 239.0(253) | 268.3(281) | 193.5(206) | 163.3(178) |
| Murder | 5.4(6) | 0.9(1) | 1.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.9(1) |
| Rape | 14.4(16) | 16.1(17) | 9.5(10) | 10.3(11) | 6.4(7) |
| Robbery | 26.1(29) | 19.8(21) | 31.5(33) | 25.4(27) | 17.4(19) |
| Aggravated assault | 143.0(159) | 202.2(214) | 226.3(237) | 157.8(168) | 138.5(151) |
| Property crime | 2059.4(2,290) | 2382.6(2,522) | 2042.5(2,139) | 1749.1(1,862) | 1319.0(1,438) |
| Burglary | 259.0(288) | 366.6(388) | 264.5(277) | 289.3(308) | 254.1(277) |
| Larceny | 1352.5(1,504) | 1499.3(1,587) | 1366.4(1,431) | 1150.7(1,225) | 909.9(992) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 429.0(477) | 501.7(531) | 393.4(412) | 287.4(306) | 143.1(156) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Centennial, 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 Centennial 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 Centennial calculated?
- Centennial'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 Centennial 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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