Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Commerce City, CO Crime Grade
How Commerce 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 Commerce City, CO was 740.5 per 100,000 residents (535 incidents over a population of 72,244). That puts Commerce City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 76% above the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Commerce City #3,557 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #43 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 11% over the last five years.
Commerce City, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Colorado Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 740.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,557 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #43 of 47
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 11%
- Population
- 72,244
- Reporting agency
- Commerce City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Commerce City Police Department (FBI ORI CO0010300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Commerce City, CO
Also known as
- Derby
Location
City adjoining the NE part of Denver just E of the South Platte River
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. Commerce City (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Commerce 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 | 667.3(406) | 727.8(479) | 782.6(531) | 796.6(559) | 740.5(535) |
| Murder | 8.2(5) | 9.1(6) | 5.9(4) | 8.6(6) | 1.4(1) |
| Rape | 149.6(91) | 100.3(66) | 104.6(71) | 104.0(73) | 113.5(82) |
| Robbery | 69.0(42) | 94.2(62) | 107.6(73) | 112.6(79) | 92.7(67) |
| Aggravated assault | 440.5(268) | 524.2(345) | 564.5(383) | 571.5(401) | 532.9(385) |
| Property crime | 4317.5(2,627) | 3847.0(2,532) | 2971.2(2,016) | 2924.3(2,052) | 2491.6(1,800) |
| Burglary | 363.2(221) | 408.7(269) | 327.2(222) | 316.4(222) | 303.1(219) |
| Larceny | 2695.4(1,640) | 2122.6(1,397) | 1773.0(1,203) | 1724.4(1,210) | 1656.9(1,197) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1232.6(750) | 1293.0(851) | 846.0(574) | 843.7(592) | 501.1(362) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Commerce 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 Commerce 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 Commerce City calculated?
- Commerce 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 Commerce 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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