Denver Homicide
Denver · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Denver police open data recorded 39 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 58,491 incidents reported in the city that year and down 38.1% from 2024. That is about 5.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 37 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Denver by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 37 | — | — |
| 2025 | 39 | 5.3 | down 38.1% |
| 2024 | 63 | 8.6 | down 8.7% |
| 2023 | 69 | 9.5 | down 1.4% |
| 2022 | 70 | 9.6 | down 13.6% |
| 2021 | 81 | 11.1 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 359 homicide incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)
- Five Points 3 incidents
- East Colfax 3 incidents
- Hampden 3 incidents
- Central Business District 2 incidents
- Lowry Field 2 incidents
- Union Station 2 incidents
- Civic Center 2 incidents
- Westwood 2 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Denver in 2025?
39, according to Denver Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Denver?
Reported homicide was down 38.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 44.3% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Denver Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Denver
- Denver other 25,539 in 2025
- Denver theft 25,308 in 2025
- Denver burglary 4,173 in 2025
- Denver assault 2,489 in 2025
- Denver robbery 943 in 2025