County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led

Douglas County, CO

At 357,978 residents, Douglas County is a very large county in Colorado. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).

Data updated 2026-09-05

2,239
Property offenses
426
Violent offenses
2,665
Total · 2024

Douglas County, CO reported 119 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Douglas County, CO agencies reported 426 violent and 2,239 property offenses. That equals about 119 violent and 626 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 426 violent offenses
  • 119/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Douglas County, CO

Position in the state cohort

Douglas County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Colorado counties

At 119.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Douglas County ranks 11 of 45 — above 34 of the 44 other Colorado counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +56.8% against the cohort median of 75.9. Counties 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 higher

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 91.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 119.0 in 2024 (+30.7%). The highest observed value was 119.0 in 2024 and the lowest 72.6 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county

Category Count
Property Crime 2,239
Burglary 341
Larceny-Theft 1,675
Motor Vehicle Theft 223
Arson 17
Violent Crime 426
Murder 3
Rape 73
Robbery 24
Aggravated Assault 326

Reporting Agency

Douglas County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Douglas County's crime figures on this page originate from Douglas County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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 Counties in Colorado

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Colorado counties closest to Douglas County in population. Their populations run from 155,703 to 519,572, against 357,978 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Douglas County

Similar violent rate (~119/100K)

Similar property rate (~626/100K)

ZIP Codes in Douglas County

State atlas: Colorado · Compare · Rankings

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.

FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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County Table 10 totals are voluntary agency filings: incomplete coverage is not a county crime measure, and a countywide figure is not a neighbourhood verdict.

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