Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fruita, CO Crime Grade
How Fruita 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 Fruita, CO was 14.2 per 100,000 residents (2 incidents over a population of 14,037). That puts Fruita 96% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 97% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Fruita #90 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 98% of them, and #1 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 93% over the last five years.
Fruita, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Colorado Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 14.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #90 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #1 of 47
- Safer than
- 98% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 93%
- Population
- 14,037
- Reporting agency
- Fruita Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fruita Police Department (FBI ORI CO0390200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fruita, CO
Also known as
- Fruitdale
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. Fruita (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fruita 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 | 200.5(29) | 234.7(32) | 57.4(8) | 14.3(2) | 14.2(2) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.1(1) |
| Rape | 34.6(5) | 124.7(17) | 14.4(2) | 14.3(2) | 7.1(1) |
| Robbery | 13.8(2) | 14.7(2) | 14.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 152.1(22) | 95.4(13) | 28.7(4) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 1064.6(154) | 1078.3(147) | 1011.8(141) | 795.8(111) | 890.5(125) |
| Burglary | 96.8(14) | 154.0(21) | 279.9(39) | 107.5(15) | 114.0(16) |
| Larceny | 871.1(126) | 836.3(114) | 631.5(88) | 623.7(87) | 726.7(102) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 69.1(10) | 44.0(6) | 78.9(11) | 50.2(7) | 28.5(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fruita, 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 Fruita 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 Fruita calculated?
- Fruita'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 Fruita 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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