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Violent crimes in Colorado

Violent crimes in Colorado was 25,353 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 13.9% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count25,353
Change on 2024-13.9%
Rank14th of 51US states ranked
Series high29,4622024
Series low13,8111999

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Violent crimes in Colorado, 1979 to 2025

10K15K20K25K30K19791986199320002007201420251979: 14,472 count1980: 15,215 count1981: 15,755 count1982: 15,354 count1983: 14,955 count1984: 14,548 count1985: 15,219 count1986: 17,105 count1987: 15,409 count1988: 15,548 count1989: 15,636 count1990: 17,328 count1991: 18,887 count1992: 20,086 count1993: 20,229 count1994: 18,632 count1995: 16,494 count1996: 15,463 count1997: 14,139 count1998: 15,008 count1999: 13,811 count2000: 14,367 count2001: 15,492 count2002: 15,882 count2003: 15,757 count2004: 17,121 count2005: 18,498 count2006: 18,794 count2007: 17,101 count2008: 17,480 count2009: 17,022 count2010: 16,339 count2011: 16,085 count2012: 15,951 count2013: 16,099 count2014: 16,487 count2015: 17,348 count2016: 19,030 count2017: 20,901 count2018: 22,851 count2019: 22,149 count2020: 24,570 count2021: 27,916 count2022: 29,221 count2023: 28,633 count2024: 29,462 count2025: 25,353 count10K15K20K25K30K19791995201120251979: 14,472 count1980: 15,215 count1981: 15,755 count1982: 15,354 count1983: 14,955 count1984: 14,548 count1985: 15,219 count1986: 17,105 count1987: 15,409 count1988: 15,548 count1989: 15,636 count1990: 17,328 count1991: 18,887 count1992: 20,086 count1993: 20,229 count1994: 18,632 count1995: 16,494 count1996: 15,463 count1997: 14,139 count1998: 15,008 count1999: 13,811 count2000: 14,367 count2001: 15,492 count2002: 15,882 count2003: 15,757 count2004: 17,121 count2005: 18,498 count2006: 18,794 count2007: 17,101 count2008: 17,480 count2009: 17,022 count2010: 16,339 count2011: 16,085 count2012: 15,951 count2013: 16,099 count2014: 16,487 count2015: 17,348 count2016: 19,030 count2017: 20,901 count2018: 22,851 count2019: 22,149 count2020: 24,570 count2021: 27,916 count2022: 29,221 count2023: 28,633 count2024: 29,462 count2025: 25,353 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
202525,353
202429,462
202328,633
202229,221
202127,916
202024,570
201922,149
201822,851
201720,901
201619,030
201517,348
201416,487
201316,099
201215,951
201116,085
201016,339
200917,022
200817,480
200717,101
200618,794
200518,498
200417,121
200315,757
200215,882
200115,492
200014,367
199913,811
199815,008
199714,139
199615,463
199516,494
199418,632
199320,229
199220,086
199118,887
199017,328
198915,636
198815,548
198715,409
198617,105
198515,219
198414,548
198314,955
198215,354
198115,755
198015,215
197914,472

Compared with United States

Place2025
Colorado25,353
United States1,119,768

Colorado compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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  • 33K and over
Violent crimes, 2025, count. Colorado is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, Colorado, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Colorado, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/colorado. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, Colorado, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/colorado.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Colorado, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/colorado (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, Colorado, 1979 to 2025}},
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What is the violent crimes in Colorado?

Violent crimes in Colorado was 25,353 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 13.9% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in Colorado?

29,462 in 2024, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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