Colorado Crime Grades A-F (2024)

Statewide grade D

118 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 29/100 (Below Average).

What is Colorado’s crime safety grade?

Colorado earned an overall safety grade of D (score: 29/100, Below Average) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 481.2 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 2640.7 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 118 Colorado cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.

Across the 118 graded Colorado cities, 3 earned A+, 35 earned A, 22 received B, 22 landed at C, 16 received D, and 20 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Wray with an A+ grade (score: 95/100, violent rate 43.3/100K). The lowest-rated city is Lakeside with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 50000/100K).

Roughly 32% of graded cities in Colorado achieved an A or A+ rating, while 31% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between Colorado and other states on the site.

A safety grade condenses several FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) measures into a single letter, ranking each state's violent and property crime rates against the national distribution rather than a fixed cutoff. A high grade therefore means a state compares well to its peers in a given year, not that it is free of crime. Grades move as the underlying rates move and as agency reporting completeness shifts from year to year. Two states with the same letter can have very different profiles: one may carry a higher violent-crime rate offset by low property crime, the other the reverse. Use the grade as a quick orientation, then read the component rates beneath it to see what is actually driving the number for this state.

A+

3 cities

35 cities

22 cities

16 cities

20 cities

Wray

43
Fruita

14
Windsor

47
Erie

30
Leadville

38
Eagle

68
Springfield

78
Mount Crested Butte

103

What this shows Wray reports the lowest violent-crime rate in Colorado. At 43.3 per 100K, it runs well below the Colorado average of 481.2. These eight cities anchor the safe end of the state.

#	Grade	City	Score	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Population
1	A+	Wray	95	43.3/100K	86.6/100K	2,309
2	A+	Fruita	92	14.3/100K	767.1/100K	13,949
3	A+	Windsor	91	46.5/100K	520.3/100K	43,050
4	A	Erie	89	29.7/100K	896/100K	37,055
5	A	Leadville	89	38/100K	874.5/100K	2,630
6	A	Eagle	89	68/100K	475.9/100K	7,354
7	A	Springfield	89	78.1/100K	312.5/100K	1,280
8	A	Mount Crested Butte	89	103.2/100K	103.2/100K	969
9	A	Haxtun	89	103.6/100K	103.6/100K	965
10	A	Castle Rock	88	35.7/100K	938.2/100K	84,098
11	A	Eaton	88	51.5/100K	806.5/100K	5,828
12	A	Gypsum	88	98.9/100K	285.7/100K	9,101
13	A	Timnath	87	52.6/100K	885.7/100K	11,404
14	A	Buena Vista	87	95.1/100K	348.7/100K	3,155
15	A	Center	87	104.1/100K	312.2/100K	1,922
16	A	Frederick	86	85.1/100K	617.3/100K	18,791
17	A	Meeker	86	126.7/100K	126.7/100K	2,367
18	A	Platteville	84	77/100K	1001.5/100K	3,894
19	A	Mountain Village	84	82/100K	901.6/100K	1,220
20	A	Severance	84	116.7/100K	508.5/100K	11,997
21	A	Cherry Hills Village	83	48.2/100K	1382.2/100K	6,222
22	A	Columbine Valley	83	114.9/100K	632.2/100K	1,740
23	A	Crested Butte	83	120.5/100K	542.2/100K	1,660
24	A	Paonia	82	68.4/100K	1231.2/100K	1,462
25	A	La Salle	82	87.6/100K	1007.9/100K	2,282
26	A	New Castle	82	123.7/100K	680.3/100K	4,851
27	A	Dacono	81	119.8/100K	853.4/100K	6,679
28	A	Granby	81	129.5/100K	647.7/100K	2,316
29	A	Carbondale	81	132.5/100K	618.1/100K	6,795
30	A	Rocky Ford	80	131.5/100K	762.6/100K	3,803
31	A	Firestone	78	140/100K	964.6/100K	19,282
32	A	Woodland Park	77	127.3/100K	1183.7/100K	7,857
33	A	Palisade	77	153.1/100K	918.5/100K	2,613
34	A	Mead	77	154.4/100K	870.3/100K	7,124
35	A	Palmer Lake	77	156.1/100K	897.4/100K	2,563
36	A	Hayden	76	156.7/100K	939.9/100K	1,915
37	A	Salida	76	184.3/100K	603.2/100K	5,968
38	A	Hudson	75	124.5/100K	1432.1/100K	1,606
39	B	Limon	74	251/100K	100.4/100K	1,992
40	B	Silverthorne	73	78.2/100K	2210.1/100K	5,113
41	B	Lochbuie	73	202.8/100K	787.4/100K	8,382
42	B	Manitou Springs	72	132.2/100K	1652/100K	4,540
43	B	Louisville	71	129.1/100K	1787.8/100K	20,136
44	B	Basalt	71	174.5/100K	1321/100K	4,012
45	B	Estes Park	71	224.2/100K	793.2/100K	5,799
46	B	Monument	70	141.7/100K	1842.4/100K	12,701
47	B	Mountain View	70	194.9/100K	1169.6/100K	513
48	B	Broomfield	69	148.2/100K	1855.8/100K	78,294
49	B	Centennial	68	172.8/100K	1708.7/100K	106,454
50	B	Golden	67	123.8/100K	2387/100K	20,193
51	B	Hotchkiss	66	211.6/100K	1481.5/100K	945
52	B	Ault	66	235.1/100K	1208.9/100K	2,978
53	B	Parker	65	209.1/100K	1647.7/100K	64,088
54	B	Keenesburg	63	287.5/100K	944.6/100K	2,435
55	B	Rifle	61	301.7/100K	1008.8/100K	10,607
56	B	Rangely	61	306.9/100K	1008.3/100K	2,281
57	B	Aspen	60	138.7/100K	3005.1/100K	6,489
58	B	Frisco	60	184.4/100K	2434.5/100K	2,711
59	B	Fort Lupton	60	270.4/100K	1502.4/100K	9,984
60	B	Parachute	60	295.2/100K	1254.6/100K	1,355
61	C	Littleton	57	213.3/100K	2518.4/100K	44,076
62	C	Montrose	57	235.4/100K	2216/100K	21,661
63	C	Steamboat Springs	57	323.4/100K	1264.1/100K	13,606
64	C	Johnstown	56	177.5/100K	3056.6/100K	20,284
65	C	Fort Collins	54	272.7/100K	2155.3/100K	170,509
66	C	Fort Morgan	54	285.3/100K	1979.8/100K	11,567
67	C	Florence	54	387.7/100K	904.6/100K	3,869
68	C	Delta	53	184/100K	3239.7/100K	9,785
69	C	Loveland	51	314.8/100K	2018.1/100K	80,374
70	C	Kremmling	51	421.3/100K	842.7/100K	1,424
71	C	Arvada	50	285.6/100K	2478.9/100K	120,456
72	C	Calhan	50	419/100K	977.7/100K	716
73	C	Lafayette	49	272.6/100K	2680.5/100K	30,442
74	C	Evans	49	371.5/100K	1553.2/100K	22,341
75	C	Thornton	48	273.6/100K	2835.8/100K	145,847
76	C	Burlington	48	417.2/100K	1155.3/100K	3,116
77	C	Boulder	44	322.3/100K	2733/100K	105,195
78	C	Vail	43	271.1/100K	4044.3/100K	4,426
79	C	Breckenridge	41	326.4/100K	2998.8/100K	4,902
80	C	Dillon	40	300/100K	3600/100K	1,000
81	C	Westminster	40	303.6/100K	3540.4/100K	114,310
82	C	Craig	40	464/100K	1590.8/100K	9,052
83	D	Glenwood Springs	39	309.7/100K	4461/100K	10,334
84	D	Edgewater	39	309.8/100K	9995.9/100K	4,842
85	D	Fountain	36	481.5/100K	1893.9/100K	28,037
86	D	Sterling	35	398.3/100K	2920.5/100K	12,806
87	D	Avon	35	424/100K	2578/100K	5,896
88	D	Northglenn	34	431.8/100K	2577.9/100K	38,210
89	D	Gunnison	31	391.5/100K	3769.8/100K	6,897
90	D	Greenwood Village	31	391.8/100K	6221.8/100K	15,060
91	D	South Fork	31	396/100K	3366.3/100K	505
92	D	Brighton	31	471.9/100K	2519/100K	43,231
93	D	Longmont	30	469.3/100K	2618.7/100K	98,446
94	D	Idaho Springs	30	476.8/100K	2622.2/100K	1,678
95	D	Cortez	28	460.5/100K	2938.6/100K	9,120
96	D	Lone Tree	27	436/100K	10977.7/100K	13,992
97	D	Monte Vista	25	448.8/100K	4911.5/100K	4,011
98	D	Pagosa Springs	25	601.8/100K	1695.8/100K	1,828
99	F	Wheat Ridge	22	480.8/100K	4466.2/100K	31,615
100	F	La Junta	20	504.2/100K	7000.9/100K	6,942
101	F	Fraser/Winter Park	20	637.9/100K	1838.6/100K	2,665
102	F	Grand Junction	18	546.1/100K	3170.4/100K	70,686
103	F	Greeley	7	670.7/100K	3019.6/100K	113,757
104	F	Fairplay	6	810.8/100K	2702.7/100K	740
105	F	Englewood	5	655.1/100K	5252.8/100K	34,496
106	F	Commerce City	5	790.9/100K	2871.6/100K	70,170
107	F	Trinidad	4	770.5/100K	2972.1/100K	8,176
108	F	Aurora	3	947.8/100K	3103.9/100K	397,852
109	F	Colorado Springs	0	715.6/100K	3448.8/100K	491,474
110	F	Lakewood	0	787.2/100K	5093.4/100K	155,868
111	F	Sheridan	0	924/100K	6981.5/100K	5,844
112	F	Alamosa	0	979.2/100K	4744.6/100K	9,906
113	F	Denver	0	993/100K	4761.6/100K	722,031
114	F	Pueblo	0	1424.1/100K	4942/100K	110,805
115	F	Garden City	0	2008/100K	11245/100K	249
116	F	Glendale	0	2274.3/100K	19399.6/100K	4,397
117	F	Black Hawk	0	15625/100K	181250/100K	128
118	F	Lakeside	0	50000/100K	1375000/100K	16

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Colorado's overall crime safety grade?

Colorado has an overall safety grade of D (score: 29/100). This is based on the state's aggregate violent crime rate of 481.2 per 100K and property crime rate of 2640.7 per 100K compared to national averages.

How many cities in Colorado have an A+ safety grade?

3 cities in Colorado earned an A+ safety grade (2024), meaning their crime rates are well below the national average. 35 additional cities earned an A grade.

Which is the safest city in Colorado?

Wray is the highest-rated city in Colorado with an A+ grade (score: 95/100). Its violent crime rate is 43.3 per 100K.

Nationwide states with similar crime grades

FBI UCR peer sets for Colorado grade pages, ranked across all states so these neighborhoods are not the alphabetically adjacent list below.

Similar safety score

Nearest states by statewide safety score (29/100 here, grade D).

Similar graded-city count

Nearest states by cities with A–F grades (118 here); safety-score peers above are excluded.

Nearby States, Crime Grades

Compare Colorado's grade distribution with neighboring states, or use the compare tool to benchmark jurisdictions side-by-side.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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