Denver Theft
Denver · Theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Denver police open data recorded 25,308 theft incidents, 43.3% of all 58,491 incidents reported in the city that year and down 11.5% from 2024. That is about 3,472 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 20,270 theft incidents have been published.
Theft in Denver by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 20,270 | — | — |
| 2025 | 25,308 | 3,472 | down 11.5% |
| 2024 | 28,600 | 3,923 | down 19.7% |
| 2023 | 35,597 | 4,883 | down 8.2% |
| 2022 | 38,785 | 5,320 | up 13.5% |
| 2021 | 34,162 | 4,686 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 182,722 theft incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)
- Central Park 2,062 incidents
- Five Points 1,564 incidents
- Denver International Airport 1,326 incidents
- Capitol Hill 896 incidents
- Gateway Green Valley Ranch 816 incidents
- University Hills 628 incidents
- Central Business District 613 incidents
- Union Station 575 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft incidents were reported in Denver in 2025?
25,308, according to Denver Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft going up or down in Denver?
Reported theft was down 11.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 34.7% 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 burglary 4,173 in 2025
- Denver assault 2,489 in 2025
- Denver robbery 943 in 2025
- Denver homicide 39 in 2025