Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Severance, CO Crime Grade
How Severance 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
2/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Severance, CO was 116.7 per 100,000 residents (14 incidents over a population of 11,997). That puts Severance 68% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 76% below the Colorado statewide rate of 485.0.
That ranks Severance #1,304 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 65% of them, and #7 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is up 19% year over year and up 174% over the last five years.
Severance, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Colorado Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 116.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,304 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #7 of 47
- Safer than
- 65% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 19%
- 5-year change
- up 174%
- Population
- 11,997
- Reporting agency
- Severance Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Severance Police Department (FBI ORI CO0622800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Severance (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Severance 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 | 42.6(3) | 0.0(0) | 69.1(8) | 98.4(12) | 116.7(14) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | 284.1(20) | 275.7(23) | 190.1(22) | 270.6(33) | 525.1(63) |
| Burglary | 28.4(2) | 47.9(4) | 8.6(1) | 16.4(2) | 58.3(7) |
| Larceny | 241.5(17) | 191.8(16) | 112.3(13) | 180.4(22) | 408.4(49) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 14.2(1) | 36.0(3) | 60.5(7) | 65.6(8) | 41.7(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Severance, 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 Severance 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 Severance calculated?
- Severance'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 Severance 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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Comparable Colorado cities by population.
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