Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Glenwood Springs, CO Crime Grade
How Glenwood Springs 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
7/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Glenwood Springs, CO was 365.8 per 100,000 residents (38 incidents over a population of 10,389). That puts Glenwood Springs 12% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 13% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Glenwood Springs #2,911 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #32 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is up 18% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Glenwood Springs, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Colorado Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 365.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,911 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #32 of 47
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 18%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 10,389
- Reporting agency
- Glenwood Springs Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Glenwood Springs Police Department (FBI ORI CO0230100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Glenwood Springs, CO
Also known as
- Defiance
- Glenwood Hot Springs
History
The names for a founders hometown of Glenwood Iowa and nearby mineral springs were combined to form Glenwood Springs (CO-T3/011593/p23)
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. Glenwood Springs (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Glenwood Springs 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 | 427.3(44) | 347.0(37) | 413.5(43) | 309.7(32) | 365.8(38) |
| Murder | 19.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.7(1) | 9.6(1) |
| Rape | 194.2(20) | 121.9(13) | 153.9(16) | 77.4(8) | 134.8(14) |
| Robbery | 9.7(1) | 37.5(4) | 19.2(2) | 19.4(2) | 19.3(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 203.9(21) | 187.5(20) | 240.4(25) | 203.2(21) | 202.1(21) |
| Property crime | 3379.6(348) | 3666.5(391) | 3741.1(389) | 4509.4(466) | 3503.7(364) |
| Burglary | 223.4(23) | 497.0(53) | 317.4(33) | 406.4(42) | 144.4(15) |
| Larceny | 2816.4(290) | 2953.9(315) | 2817.8(293) | 3774.0(390) | 3099.4(322) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 320.5(33) | 215.7(23) | 586.7(61) | 280.6(29) | 211.8(22) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Glenwood Springs, 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 Glenwood Springs 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 Glenwood Springs calculated?
- Glenwood Springs'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 Glenwood Springs 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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