Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lakewood, CO Crime Grade
How Lakewood 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
9/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lakewood, CO was 671.9 per 100,000 residents (1,055 incidents over a population of 157,016). That puts Lakewood Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 60% above the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lakewood (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lakewood 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 | 693.8(1,103) | 825.1(1,296) | 733.0(1,144) | 796.2(1,241) | 671.9(1,055) |
| Murder | 7.5(12) | 7.6(12) | 9.0(14) | 2.6(4) | 5.1(8) |
| Rape | 82.4(131) | 74.5(117) | 56.4(88) | 62.2(97) | 60.5(95) |
| Robbery | 180.5(287) | 183.4(288) | 148.7(232) | 139.2(217) | 121.0(190) |
| Aggravated assault | 423.3(673) | 559.6(879) | 519.0(810) | 592.2(923) | 485.3(762) |
| Property crime | 5446.7(8,659) | 5389.4(8,465) | 4713.4(7,356) | 5164.6(8,050) | 4470.2(7,019) |
| Burglary | 718.3(1,142) | 699.1(1,098) | 627.9(980) | 597.9(932) | 560.5(880) |
| Larceny | 3477.9(5,529) | 3299.8(5,183) | 3105.8(4,847) | 3768.6(5,874) | 3338.5(5,242) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1219.0(1,938) | 1348.5(2,118) | 947.7(1,479) | 778.9(1,214) | 547.7(860) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lakewood's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Colorado cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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