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Denver Crime Map

Denver, Colorado

Denver Crime Map & Safety Report

A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to reported crime in the Mile High City, drawn from Denver Police Department incident logs and Census population counts.

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2,709,400Residents
102Crime index (100 = U.S. avg)
48thPercentile vs. U.S. cities

At a glance

Your real-world odds in Denver

Estimated annual chance of being affected, calibrated against national benchmark rates.

1 in 354
Violent crime odds / year
26% below the national average
1 in 61
Property crime odds / year
11% below the national average
2% above the national average
Overall crime vs. national
56,400
Incidents analyzed
DPD reports in the mapped window

Crime map

Where crime happens in Denver

Warmer blocks report more crime relative to the rest of the city.

Reported Denver Police Department incidents, shaded by intensity. Open the full map for a larger view.
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Latest reports

Recent crime in Denver

The newest reported incidents across the city.

  • Drug Offense

    1900 BLOCK ARAPAHOE ST, Denver, CO

    Drug Poss Paraphernalia ; Drug Pcs Other Drug

  • Robbery

    00 BLK W ARKANSAS AVE, Denver, CO

    Robbery Residence

  • Theft

    2385 S BANNOCK ST, Denver, CO

    Theft Parts From Vehicle

  • Other

    4600 E 48TH AVE, Denver, CO

    Police Interference ; Public Order Crimes Other

  • Assault

    1900 BLK N EMERSON ST, Denver, CO

    Assault Simple

  • Vandalism

    5100 BLK N BROADWAY ST, Denver, CO

    Criminal Mischief Other

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Neighborhoods

Safest & highest-crime Denver areas

Every neighborhood graded A to F. Tap one for its own map and recent incidents.

Safest neighborhoods

Savory FarmA+349 residentsMcCoy HillsA+1,010 residentsCedar BridgeA+676 residentsFront Range Mobile CommunityA+1,681 residents

Highest-crime neighborhoods

Sun ValleyD+1,164 residentsMile High StadiumD+660 residentsLincoln Park / La AlmaC+7,237 residentsSkylandB-3,849 residents

Trend

Reported crime over the past year

May: 4,774Jun: 4,652Jul: 5,001Aug: 5,093Sep: 4,890Oct: 4,930Nov: 4,642Dec: 4,540Jan: 4,551Feb: 4,212Mar: 4,413Apr: 127
MayLatest month up 4.8% vs. prior monthApr

Explore

Dig into the data

Explore Denver crime and safety in detail:

Denver Crime Map InteractiveSee where crime concentrates block by block.Denver Crime Rate StatisticsViolent & property rates vs. the U.S. average.Crime by Type BreakdownTheft, vehicle theft, assault, robbery & more.Neighborhood Rankings A–F gradesSafest and highest-crime Denver neighborhoods.

Overview

Understanding crime in Denver

Ask two Denverites whether the city feels safe and you may get opposite answers — and both can be right. A household tucked into the elm-lined streets of Country Club or the wide lots of Wellshire lives in a very different reality than someone renting along the bar strips of Capitol Hill or working a shift downtown near the 16th Street Mall. The citywide average flattens all of that into a single misleading figure.

So we skip the average and zoom in. This project breaks Denver down by neighborhood and ZIP code, scores each one against the rest of the country, and shows where reported incidents actually pile up versus where the map stays quiet. Whether you are house-hunting in University Hills, signing a lease in Five Points, or just curious about your own block, the goal is the same: replace gut feeling with something you can actually look at.

About this data: Numbers here are assembled from Denver Police Department open incident records and population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. DPD reports locations only to the surrounding block, so everything on this site is meant for area-level comparison, never for identifying a specific address.

FAQ

Denver crime: common questions

How safe is it to live in Denver?

Denver reports more crime than the average U.S. city, but the total is dominated by property offenses like vehicle theft rather than violence. Serious violent crime is comparatively rare and sticks to a few corridors. Because risk swings so widely from one neighborhood to the next, what matters most for residents is their own area, not the citywide figure.

Which Denver neighborhoods are considered the safest?

The established residential areas of the south and southeast tend to score best — among them Cherry Creek, Wellshire, University Hills, Country Club, and the Central Park (former Stapleton) grid. The neighborhoods page lists the full ranking on a consistent letter-grade scale.

Where is crime most concentrated in Denver?

Reports cluster in the high-traffic core and along commercial routes: the downtown blocks and 16th Street Mall, the East Colfax corridor, sections of Capitol Hill, and the Globeville-Elyria-Swansea and Montbello areas. Many of these draw far larger daytime crowds than their resident population, which lifts their per-capita rates.

Why does Denver have such a reputation for stolen cars?

For several years Colorado posted some of the highest motor-vehicle-theft rates in the country, and Denver sat at the heart of it. Enforcement and policy changes have brought the numbers down, but stolen vehicles and break-ins to parked cars are still the largest single piece of the city's property-crime picture.

What is the source of the crime data on this site?

The incident figures come from the Denver Police Department's open data, and the population numbers used for rates come from the U.S. Census Bureau. DPD logs locations only to the nearest block, so the data supports neighborhood-level comparison rather than pinpointing exact spots.