Glenwood Springs, CO is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a D PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 12% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Glenwood Springs, CO shows violent crime at 309.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,461 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 12% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
309.7/100K violent
4461/100K property
-12% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Glenwood Springs, CO
Comparable rate records
Glenwood Springs's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Colorado cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Glenwood Springs's 309.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Edgewater (309.8), Rangely (306.9), Loveland (314.8), Westminster (303.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Glenwood Springs sits mid-pack among comparable Colorado cities
At 309.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Glenwood Springs ranks 46 of 134 — above 88 of the 133 other Colorado cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +58.9% against the cohort median of 194.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 390.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 309.7 in 2024 (-20.8%). The highest observed value was 427.3 in 2021 and the lowest 309.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.5% of the 493 Part I offenses reported in Glenwood Springs for 2024, against a median of 11.7% across comparable Colorado cities — a gap of 5.2 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Glenwood Springs's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Glenwood Springs's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.8 Census sq mi, Glenwood Springs logged 79 property and 5.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Glenwood Springs's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (79% of 493 offenses; mix index 6,387).
Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-25.1%
413.5 → 309.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+19.2%
3741.1 → 4461/100K
Property offenses lead Glenwood Springs's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
461
4461
1711
Larceny-Theft
390
3774
-
Burglary
42
406.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
29
280.6
-
Arson
5
48.4
-
Violent Crime
32
309.7
352
Aggravated Assault
21
203.2
-
Rape
8
77.4
-
Robbery
2
19.4
-
Murder
1
9.7
-
Glenwood Springs Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Glenwood Springs property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Glenwood Springs Police Department
Reporting agency for Glenwood Springs NIBRS-participating
Glenwood Springs Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Glenwood Springs's 493 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Colorado
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How many crimes were reported in Glenwood Springs?
In 2024, Glenwood Springs reported 32 violent crimes and 461 property crimes, for a total of 493 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Glenwood Springs?
From 2023 to 2024, Glenwood Springs's violent crime rate decreased by 25.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 19.2%.
What is the most common crime in Glenwood Springs?
The most common crime type in Glenwood Springs is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.1% of all reported crimes (390 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Glenwood Springs figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Glenwood Springs, CO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.