Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Grand Junction, CO Crime Grade
How Grand Junction 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
8/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Grand Junction, CO was 536.2 per 100,000 residents (385 incidents over a population of 71,807). That puts Grand Junction Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 28% above the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Grand Junction #3,333 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 12% of them, and #37 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and down 10% over the last five years.
Grand Junction, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Colorado Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 536.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,333 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #37 of 47
- Safer than
- 12% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- down 10%
- Population
- 71,807
- Reporting agency
- Grand Junction Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Grand Junction Police Department (FBI ORI CO0390100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Grand Junction, CO
Also known as
- Ute
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. Grand Junction (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Grand Junction 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 | 597.5(382) | 507.9(346) | 505.5(350) | 548.9(388) | 536.2(385) |
| Murder | 4.7(3) | 5.9(4) | 2.9(2) | 4.2(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 111.1(71) | 80.7(55) | 75.1(52) | 83.5(59) | 90.5(65) |
| Robbery | 51.6(33) | 41.1(28) | 63.5(44) | 52.3(37) | 36.2(26) |
| Aggravated assault | 430.2(275) | 380.2(259) | 364.0(252) | 408.9(289) | 409.4(294) |
| Property crime | 4562.9(2,917) | 3161.8(2,154) | 3230.8(2,237) | 3231.2(2,284) | 2392.5(1,718) |
| Burglary | 542.8(347) | 402.2(274) | 424.6(294) | 322.6(228) | 210.3(151) |
| Larceny | 3547.7(2,268) | 2463.1(1,678) | 2497.1(1,729) | 2627.1(1,857) | 1998.4(1,435) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 439.6(281) | 277.4(189) | 270.1(187) | 224.9(159) | 142.0(102) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Grand Junction, 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 Grand Junction 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 Grand Junction calculated?
- Grand Junction'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 Grand Junction 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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