What is the safest city in Colorado?

Based on 2024 FBI data, Milliken is the safest city in Colorado with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in Colorado?

Lakeside has the highest violent crime rate in Colorado at 50000.0 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in Colorado report crime data?

140 cities in Colorado reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in Colorado (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Colorado has 140 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 476.3 per 100K.

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Cities Tracked

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Safest City Rate

209.1

Median City Rate

50000.0

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Colorado

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Grade
1	Milliken	9,303	0.0	537.5	A+
2	Lamar	7,468	0.0	522.2	A+
3	Snowmass Village	2,984	0.0	1239.9	A+
4	Bayfield	2,883	0.0	312.2	A+
5	Elizabeth	2,798	0.0	643.3	A+
6	Telluride	2,493	0.0	1323.7	A+
7	Cedaredge	2,452	0.0	897.2	A+
8	Holyoke	2,279	0.0	175.5	A+
9	Kersey	1,485	0.0	1616.2	A+
10	Del Norte	1,399	0.0	285.9	A+
11	Cripple Creek	1,105	0.0	2081.4	A+
12	Ouray	927	0.0	539.4	A+
13	Blue River	844	0.0	118.5	A+
14	Bow Mar	814	0.0	491.4	A+
15	Hugo	771	0.0	129.7	A+
16	Green Mountain Falls	597	0.0	167.5	A
17	Walsh	533	0.0	0.0	A
18	Fruita	13,949	14.3	767.1	A
19	Erie	37,055	29.7	896.0	A
20	Castle Rock	84,098	35.7	938.2	A
21	Leadville	2,630	38.0	874.5	A
22	Wray	2,309	43.3	86.6	B+
23	Windsor	43,050	46.5	520.3	B+
24	Cherry Hills Village	6,222	48.2	1382.2	B+
25	Eaton	5,828	51.5	806.5	B+

Most Dangerous Cities in Colorado

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Lakeside	16	50000.0	0.0	F
2	Black Hawk	128	15625.0	0.0	F
3	Glendale	4,397	2274.3	22.7	F
4	Garden City	249	2008.0	0.0	F
5	Pueblo	110,805	1424.1	17.1	F
6	Empire	333	1201.2	0.0	F
7	Denver	722,031	993.0	9.8	F
8	Alamosa	9,906	979.2	50.5	F
9	Aurora	397,852	947.8	10.3	F
10	Sheridan	5,844	924.0	17.1	F
11	Fairplay	740	810.8	0.0	F
12	Commerce City	70,170	790.9	8.6	F
13	Lakewood	155,868	787.2	2.6	F
14	Trinidad	8,176	770.5	0.0	F
15	Colorado Springs	491,474	715.6	7.7	F

All 140 Cities in Colorado

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 140 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	Milliken	9,303	0.0	A+
2	Lamar	7,468	0.0	A+
3	Snowmass Village	2,984	0.0	A+
4	Bayfield	2,883	0.0	A+
5	Elizabeth	2,798	0.0	A+
6	Telluride	2,493	0.0	A+
7	Cedaredge	2,452	0.0	A+
8	Holyoke	2,279	0.0	A+
9	Kersey	1,485	0.0	A+
10	Del Norte	1,399	0.0	A+
11	Cripple Creek	1,105	0.0	A+
12	Ouray	927	0.0	A+
13	Blue River	844	0.0	A+
14	Bow Mar	814	0.0	A+
15	Hugo	771	0.0	A+
16	Green Mountain Falls	597	0.0	A
17	Walsh	533	0.0	A
18	Fruita	13,949	14.3	A
19	Erie	37,055	29.7	A
20	Castle Rock	84,098	35.7	A
21	Leadville	2,630	38.0	A
22	Wray	2,309	43.3	B+
23	Windsor	43,050	46.5	B+
24	Cherry Hills Village	6,222	48.2	B+
25	Eaton	5,828	51.5	B+
26	Timnath	11,404	52.6	B+
27	Eagle	7,354	68.0	B+
28	Paonia	1,462	68.4	B+
29	Platteville	3,894	77.0	B
30	Springfield	1,280	78.1	B
31	Silverthorne	5,113	78.2	B
32	Mountain Village	1,220	82.0	B
33	Frederick	18,791	85.1	B
34	La Salle	2,282	87.6	B
35	Buena Vista	3,155	95.1	B
36	Gypsum	9,101	98.9	B
37	Mount Crested Butte	969	103.2	B
38	Haxtun	965	103.6	B
39	Center	1,922	104.1	B
40	Silt	3,621	110.5	C+
41	Columbine Valley	1,740	114.9	C+
42	Severance	11,997	116.7	C+
43	Dacono	6,679	119.8	C+
44	Crested Butte	1,660	120.5	C+
45	New Castle	4,851	123.7	C+
46	Golden	20,193	123.8	C+
47	Hudson	1,606	124.5	C+
48	Meeker	2,367	126.7	C+
49	Woodland Park	7,857	127.3	C+
50	Louisville	20,136	129.1	C+
51	Granby	2,316	129.5	C+
52	Rocky Ford	3,803	131.5	C+
53	Manitou Springs	4,540	132.2	C+
54	Carbondale	6,795	132.5	C+
55	Aspen	6,489	138.7	C+
56	Firestone	19,282	140.0	C+
57	Monument	12,701	141.7	C+
58	Broomfield	78,294	148.2	C
59	Palisade	2,613	153.1	C
60	Mead	7,124	154.4	C
61	Palmer Lake	2,563	156.1	C
62	Hayden	1,915	156.7	C
63	Centennial	106,454	172.8	C
64	Basalt	4,012	174.5	C
65	Johnstown	20,284	177.5	C
66	Delta	9,785	184.0	C
67	Salida	5,968	184.3	C
68	Frisco	2,711	184.4	C
69	Mountain View	513	194.9	C
70	Lochbuie	8,382	202.8	D+
71	Parker	64,088	209.1	D+
72	Hotchkiss	945	211.6	D+
73	Littleton	44,076	213.3	D+
74	Estes Park	5,799	224.2	D+
75	Ignacio	857	233.4	D+
76	Ault	2,978	235.1	D+
77	Montrose	21,661	235.4	D+
78	Mancos	1,258	238.5	D+
79	Limon	1,992	251.0	D+
80	Fort Lupton	9,984	270.4	D
81	Vail	4,426	271.1	D
82	Lafayette	30,442	272.6	D
83	Fort Collins	170,509	272.7	D
84	Thornton	145,847	273.6	D
85	Fort Morgan	11,567	285.3	D
86	Arvada	120,456	285.6	D
87	Keenesburg	2,435	287.5	D
88	Parachute	1,355	295.2	D
89	Dillon	1,000	300.0	D
90	Rifle	10,607	301.7	D
91	Westminster	114,310	303.6	D
92	Rangely	2,281	306.9	D
93	Glenwood Springs	10,334	309.7	D
94	Edgewater	4,842	309.8	D
95	Loveland	80,374	314.8	D
96	Boulder	105,195	322.3	D
97	Steamboat Springs	13,606	323.4	D
98	Breckenridge	4,902	326.4	D
99	Evans	22,341	371.5	F
100	Florence	3,869	387.7	F
101	Gunnison	6,897	391.5	F
102	Greenwood Village	15,060	391.8	F
103	South Fork	505	396.0	F
104	Sterling	12,806	398.3	F
105	Burlington	3,116	417.2	F
106	Calhan	716	419.0	F
107	Kremmling	1,424	421.3	F
108	Avon	5,896	424.0	F
109	Canon City	17,408	430.8	F
110	Northglenn	38,210	431.8	F
111	Lone Tree	13,992	436.0	F
112	Monte Vista	4,011	448.8	F
113	Cortez	9,120	460.5	F
114	Craig	9,052	464.0	F
115	Longmont	98,446	469.3	F
116	Brighton	43,231	471.9	F
117	Idaho Springs	1,678	476.8	F
118	Wheat Ridge	31,615	480.8	F
119	Fountain	28,037	481.5	F
120	La Junta	6,942	504.2	F
121	Grand Junction	70,686	546.1	F
122	Pagosa Springs	1,828	601.8	F
123	Fraser/Winter Park	2,665	637.9	F
124	Englewood	34,496	655.1	F
125	Greeley	113,757	670.7	F
126	Colorado Springs	491,474	715.6	F
127	Trinidad	8,176	770.5	F
128	Lakewood	155,868	787.2	F
129	Commerce City	70,170	790.9	F
130	Fairplay	740	810.8	F
131	Sheridan	5,844	924.0	F
132	Aurora	397,852	947.8	F
133	Alamosa	9,906	979.2	F
134	Denver	722,031	993.0	F
135	Empire	333	1201.2	F
136	Pueblo	110,805	1424.1	F
137	Garden City	249	2008.0	F
138	Glendale	4,397	2274.3	F
139	Black Hawk	128	15625.0	F
140	Lakeside	16	50000.0	F

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

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