Denver Crime Map

Colorado · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	1 incident (2026-11-11)
2026 YTD	48,995 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	58,491 incidents
Full archive	378,682 incidents (2021–2026)
Per 100K / year	8,023

Source: Denver Police Department open data.

About crime in Denver

Latest mapped day. Denver recorded 1 incident on 2026-11-11. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Denver recorded 63,224 incidents in 2024 and 58,491 in 2025, a 7.5% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown

Other

Where incidents were mapped

Union Station: 1

Across 2021–2026, the current archive contains 378,682 incidents for Denver. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Denver crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Denver recorded 58,491 police-reported incidents in 2025, according to Denver Police Department data through November 2026. Other was the leading category with 25,539 incidents (43.7%), followed by Theft with 25,308. Reported incidents declined 7.5% from 63,224 in 2024 to 58,491 in 2025. Five Points had the highest neighborhood count at 4,385. The archive holds 378,682 incidents from 2021 to 2026.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported incidents in Denver, Colorado, by neighborhood using open data from the Denver Police Department. The map view for this page reflects calendar year 2025, with archive data current through November 2026.

Denver recorded 58,491 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 8,023.2 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, calculated from the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 729,019 for the city. Violent-category incidents, counted as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide in 2025, totaled 3,471, or 5.9% of the 2025 total, or 476.1 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025. The archive holds 378,682 incidents from 2021 to 2026 combined, while the neighborhood ranking for 2025 covers 78 named neighborhoods. Figures shown here use the 2025 period total.

Recent trend

Reported incidents in Denver declined 7.5% between two complete calendar years, from 63,224 in 2024 to 58,491 in 2025. The longer complete-year series rose from 65,042 in 2021 to 71,953 in 2022, then eased to 69,784 in 2023 before falling in 2024 and 2025. The early read on the next year was flat: January–October 2026 recorded 48,995 incidents, compared with 48,957 in the same months of 2025, an increase of 0.1%. The 2025 total is the lowest among the five complete years from 2021 through 2025 in the archive.

Category breakdown

In 2025, Other was the most reported category in Denver with 25,539 incidents, or 43.7% of the total, followed closely by Theft with 25,308 incidents, or 43.3%. Burglary ranked third with 4,173 incidents, or 7.1%. The source groups many incident types under Other, and in 2025 that grouping consisted of Other crime with 22,501 incidents, or 38.5% of the total, and Drugs with 3,038 incidents, or 5.2%. The remaining listed categories were Assault with 2,489 incidents, or 4.3%, Robbery with 943 incidents, or 1.6%, and Homicide with 39 incidents, or 0.1% in 2025. These shares describe the 58,491 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025.

Where incidents concentrate

For 2025, Five Points led the neighborhood ranking with 4,385 incidents, or 7.5% of the city total, followed by Central Park with 3,364 incidents, or 5.8%, and Capitol Hill with 2,319 incidents, or 4.0%. Denver International Airport recorded 2,234 incidents, or 3.8%, and Central Business District recorded 1,966 incidents, or 3.4%. The 2025 city ranking covers 78 named neighborhoods. These counts follow where people live, work and visit in Denver, so they are not a risk score for residents or visitors.

What this means

Denver's 2025 total of 58,491 sits below the archive peak of 71,953 in 2022 and below 69,784 in 2023 and 65,042 in 2021. What stands out is the close pairing at the top: Other at 25,539, or 43.7%, and Theft at 25,308, or 43.3%, with Burglary next at 4,173, or 7.1%. Five Points at 4,385, or 7.5%, and Central Park at 3,364, or 5.8%, lead the neighborhood list, while Homicide accounts for 39 incidents, or 0.1%.

FAQ

How many incidents were reported in Denver in 2025?
Denver had 58,491 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 8,023.2 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 729,019 for the city. The 2025 figure covers 12 months of data and includes 3,471 violent-category incidents, or 5.9% of the yearly total.

What type of crime was most reported in Denver in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 25,539 incidents, or 43.7% of the total. Within Other, other crime accounted for 22,501 incidents and drugs for 3,038 incidents. Theft was next with 25,308 incidents, or 43.3%, followed by burglary with 4,173 incidents, or 7.1%. The ranking reflects how the source groups many incident types under Other.

Is total crime in Denver going up or down?
In 2025, Denver recorded 58,491 incidents, down 7.5% from 63,224 in 2024, based on two consecutive complete calendar years. The longer series shows 71,953 in 2022, 69,784 in 2023, 63,224 in 2024 and 58,491 in 2025. For January–October 2026, the count was 48,995, up 0.1% from 48,957 in the same months of 2025.

Which Denver neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
Among 78 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025, Five Points recorded 4,385 incidents, or 7.5% of the city total, followed by Central Park with 3,364 incidents, or 5.8%, and Capitol Hill with 2,319 incidents, or 4.0%. Denver International Airport had 2,234 incidents, or 3.8%, and the Central Business District had 1,966 incidents, or 3.4%.

How many assaults, robberies and homicides were reported in Denver in 2025?
Denver recorded 3,471 violent-category incidents in 2025, or 5.9% of all incidents, covering assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide. That equals 476.1 violent-category incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025. By specific category, assault totaled 2,489 incidents, robbery totaled 943 incidents, and homicide totaled 39 incidents in 2025.

Where do Denver's crime numbers come from and how up to date are they?
This page uses data from the Denver Police Department and covers calendar year 2025, which includes 12 months of data. The archive through November 2026 combines 378,682 incidents from 2021 through 2026. Because reporting continues, the January–October 2026 comparison uses the same months in both years, with 48,995 incidents in 2026 and 48,957 in 2025.

Explore Denver

By category

Denver Assault (15,126)
Denver Robbery (6,534)
Denver Homicide (359)
Denver Burglary (27,581)
Denver Theft (182,722)
Denver Other (146,360)

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