Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Pueblo, CO Crime Grade
How Pueblo 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
10/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Pueblo, CO was 1424.1 per 100,000 residents (1,578 incidents over a population of 110,805). That puts Pueblo Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 194% above the Colorado statewide rate of 485.0.
That ranks Pueblo #3,750 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #47 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and up 35% over the last five years.
Pueblo, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Colorado Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1424.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,750 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #47 of 47
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- up 35%
- Population
- 110,805
- Reporting agency
- Pueblo Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pueblo Police Department (FBI ORI CO0510100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pueblo, CO
Also known as
- Independence
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. Pueblo (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pueblo 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 | 1058.4(1,196) | 1259.6(1,428) | 1625.9(1,831) | 1477.9(1,644) | 1424.1(1,578) |
| Murder | 14.2(16) | 24.7(28) | 25.8(29) | 23.4(26) | 17.1(19) |
| Rape | 187.6(212) | 174.6(198) | 164.3(185) | 129.4(144) | 144.4(160) |
| Robbery | 175.2(198) | 220.5(250) | 321.4(362) | 250.8(279) | 219.3(243) |
| Aggravated assault | 681.4(770) | 839.7(952) | 1114.4(1,255) | 1074.3(1,195) | 1043.3(1,156) |
| Property crime | 4736.2(5,352) | 5809.2(6,586) | 6502.5(7,323) | 5786.6(6,437) | 4992.6(5,532) |
| Burglary | 800.0(904) | 1218.1(1,381) | 1188.1(1,338) | 891.8(992) | 846.5(938) |
| Larceny | 3047.7(3,444) | 3284.8(3,724) | 3716.1(4,185) | 3098.7(3,447) | 2913.2(3,228) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 836.3(945) | 1227.8(1,392) | 1522.0(1,714) | 1735.9(1,931) | 1182.3(1,310) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pueblo, 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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo calculated?
- Pueblo'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 Pueblo 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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