Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Monument, CO Crime Grade
How Monument 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
3/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Monument, CO was 168.0 per 100,000 residents (24 incidents over a population of 14,284). That puts Monument 48% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 60% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Monument #1,807 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #14 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is up 19% year over year and down 41% over the last five years.
Monument, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Colorado Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 168.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,807 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #14 of 47
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 19%
- 5-year change
- down 41%
- Population
- 14,284
- Reporting agency
- Monument Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Monument Police Department (FBI ORI CO0210700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Monument, CO
Also known as
- Henry Station
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. Monument (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Monument 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 | 285.8(24) | 283.2(32) | 143.5(18) | 141.7(18) | 168.0(24) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.0(1) |
| Rape | 71.5(6) | 61.9(7) | 8.0(1) | 15.7(2) | 70.0(10) |
| Robbery | 59.5(5) | 123.9(14) | 47.8(6) | 23.6(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 154.8(13) | 97.3(11) | 87.7(11) | 102.4(13) | 91.0(13) |
| Property crime | 2191.3(184) | 2017.7(228) | 1817.6(228) | 1873.9(238) | 1204.1(172) |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Monument, 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 Monument 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 Monument calculated?
- Monument'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 Monument 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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