Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Denver, CO Crime Grade
How Denver 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 Denver, CO was 875.3 per 100,000 residents (6,418 incidents over a population of 733,212). That puts Denver Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 108% above the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Denver #3,640 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #46 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Denver, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Colorado Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 875.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,640 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #46 of 47
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 733,212
- Reporting agency
- Denver Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Denver Police Department (FBI ORI CODPD0000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Denver, CO
Also known as
- Mile-High City
- The Spanish Diggings
- Queen City of the Plains
- The Mexican Diggings
- Saint Charles
History
Named after James W Denver, Governor of the Kansas Territory in 1858. (CO-T4/042993/p8C)
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. Denver (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Denver 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 | 936.6(6,933) | 1075.8(7,587) | 1027.1(7,315) | 997.7(7,204) | 875.3(6,418) |
| Murder | 13.5(100) | 12.8(90) | 12.2(87) | 9.8(71) | 5.7(42) |
| Rape | 106.1(785) | 112.4(793) | 96.6(688) | 96.9(700) | 93.7(687) |
| Robbery | 179.0(1,325) | 184.6(1,302) | 175.9(1,253) | 176.3(1,273) | 138.4(1,015) |
| Aggravated assault | 638.1(4,723) | 766.0(5,402) | 742.3(5,287) | 714.7(5,160) | 637.5(4,674) |
| Property crime | 5817.4(43,061) | 6463.5(45,585) | 5780.4(41,169) | 4782.2(34,529) | 4125.7(30,250) |
| Burglary | 789.6(5,845) | 733.2(5,171) | 718.5(5,117) | 708.0(5,112) | 583.1(4,275) |
| Larceny | 3281.6(24,291) | 3548.3(25,025) | 3298.0(23,489) | 2833.1(20,456) | 2763.6(20,263) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1719.5(12,728) | 2154.5(15,195) | 1745.0(12,428) | 1222.9(8,830) | 756.4(5,546) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Denver, 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 Denver 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 Denver calculated?
- Denver'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 Denver 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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