Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Longmont, CO Crime Grade
How Longmont 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Longmont, CO was 469.3 per 100,000 residents (462 incidents over a population of 98,446). That puts Longmont Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 3% below the Colorado statewide rate of 485.0.
That ranks Longmont #3,212 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #34 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Longmont, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Colorado Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 469.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,212 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #34 of 47
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 98,446
- Reporting agency
- Longmont Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Longmont Police Department (FBI ORI CO0070400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Longmont, CO
History
A combination of the name of the discoverer of Longs Peak and the French mont, "mountain."
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. Longmont (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Longmont vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 405.9(400) | 475.4(474) | 445.8(451) | 504.9(497) | 469.3(462) |
| Murder | 2.0(2) | 2.0(2) | 8.9(9) | 7.1(7) | 4.1(4) |
| Rape | 115.7(114) | 149.4(149) | 126.5(128) | 132.1(130) | 119.9(118) |
| Robbery | 49.7(49) | 49.1(49) | 31.6(32) | 32.5(32) | 31.5(31) |
| Aggravated assault | 238.5(235) | 274.8(274) | 278.8(282) | 333.2(328) | 313.9(309) |
| Property crime | 2825.1(2,784) | 2742.8(2,735) | 2908.3(2,942) | 2804.6(2,761) | 2643.1(2,602) |
| Burglary | 323.7(319) | 272.8(272) | 321.3(325) | 244.8(241) | 222.5(219) |
| Larceny | 2015.3(1,986) | 2024.8(2,019) | 2148.1(2,173) | 2146.4(2,113) | 2084.4(2,052) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 440.4(434) | 410.2(409) | 404.3(409) | 391.1(385) | 311.8(307) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Longmont, 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 Longmont 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 Longmont calculated?
- Longmont'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 Longmont 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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