Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wheat Ridge, CO Crime Grade
How Wheat Ridge 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
4/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wheat Ridge, CO was 266.4 per 100,000 residents (85 incidents over a population of 31,904). That puts Wheat Ridge Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 37% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Wheat Ridge (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wheat Ridge 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 | 543.3(174) | 398.7(132) | 445.8(141) | 487.1(154) | 266.4(85) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 90.5(29) | 51.4(17) | 53.7(17) | 88.6(28) | 37.6(12) |
| Robbery | 124.9(40) | 90.6(30) | 82.2(26) | 44.3(14) | 21.9(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 327.8(105) | 256.8(85) | 303.5(96) | 354.3(112) | 206.9(66) |
| Property crime | 6216.6(1,991) | 5162.5(1,709) | 4596.6(1,454) | 4589.6(1,451) | 3889.8(1,241) |
| Burglary | 724.4(232) | 507.5(168) | 565.9(179) | 623.1(197) | 416.9(133) |
| Larceny | 4046.6(1,296) | 3404.4(1,127) | 3174.0(1,004) | 3204.2(1,013) | 3068.6(979) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1395.7(447) | 1205.3(399) | 828.3(262) | 699.0(221) | 391.8(125) |
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: Wheat Ridge'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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