CurrentCrimeMap

Data through September 2026, Aurora Police Department

Crime in Aurora, CO

The violent crime rate in Aurora is 711 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, 63% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −12% compared with the previous 12 months.

A shopping street with parked cars in Aurora, Colorado.
Photo: Mountain Mike Johans…, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

711 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,896 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

−12% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,297 per 100,000 residents, per year

9,358 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

−14% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

3,008 per 100,000 residents, per year

12,254 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 407,319, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Aurora sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

711

Aurora has the 52nd-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 250 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Aurora; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Corpus Christi, TX74547
Gulfport, MS74348
Rapid City, SD74049
Winston-Salem, NC72550
Buffalo, NY71551
Aurora, CO71152
Chattanooga, TN70553
Greensboro, NC70254
Columbia, SC69955
Seattle, WA69056
Portland, OR68857

The places closest to Aurora in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Aurora crime map

cities around it
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Aurora Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Aurora, CO and the 6 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Aurora, 2 have a higher violent crime rate and 6 a lower one. The closest is Denver, CO, 9 miles away.

Aurora and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Aurora, CO711
Denver, CO7939 mi
Thornton, CO23519 mi
Lakewood, CO59021 mi
Colorado Springs, CO65758 mi
Fort Collins, CO24261 mi
Cheyenne, WY27098 mi
Casper, WY327233 mi
Rapid City, SD740312 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Sep 2026
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
HomicideViolent194.7—−41%
About these categories

The FBI publishes city totals by family, not a full breakdown by offence, so homicide is the only type Aurora Police Department reports separately here. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Month by month

Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Violent crime −12%

0100200300400OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep282261
Violent crimes per month in Aurora, CO, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Oct 2025244Oct 2024331
Nov 2025256Nov 2024302
Dec 2025248Dec 2024306
Jan 2026215Jan 2025240
Feb 2026219Feb 2025203
Mar 2026222Mar 2025260
Apr 2026177Apr 2025259
May 2026253May 2025312
Jun 2026260Jun 2025241
Jul 2026260Jul 2025291
Aug 2026260Aug 2025294
Sep 2026282Sep 2025261

Homicides −41%

02468OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep01
Homicides per month in Aurora, CO, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Oct 20253Oct 20242
Nov 20252Nov 20242
Dec 20256Dec 20243
Jan 20260Jan 20252
Feb 20261Feb 20251
Mar 20261Mar 20253
Apr 20261Apr 20252
May 20262May 20255
Jun 20261Jun 20254
Jul 20260Jul 20254
Aug 20262Aug 20253
Sep 20260Sep 20251

8 in 2026 through September, 25 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Oct 2023
Reported crime per month in Aurora, CO
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Sep 20262826040
Aug 20262607102
Jul 20262608230
Jun 20262608051
May 20262538202
Apr 20261777151
Mar 20262227511
Feb 20262197461
Jan 20262157960
Dec 20252488926
Nov 20252568492
Oct 20252448473
Sep 20252617701
Aug 20252948523
Jul 20252918604
Jun 20252417664
May 20253128035
Apr 20252597932
Mar 20252608603
Feb 20252038661
Jan 20252409812
Dec 20243061,1263
Nov 20243021,0402
Oct 20243311,1522
Sep 20243331,1723
Aug 20243471,1395
Jul 20243521,1045
Jun 20243901,1552
May 20243239833
Apr 20242741,0402
Mar 20242701,1305
Feb 20242691,1035
Jan 20242951,2562
Dec 20232951,3810
Nov 20232861,2813
Oct 20233181,1455

How Aurora compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
2Oakland, CA1,4755,255444,211Dec 2025
16Wichita, KS1,1174,229401,730Jun 2026
22Minneapolis, MN1,0114,687428,057Aug 2026
30Tulsa, OK8413,291415,528Apr 2026
52Aurora, CO7112,297407,319Sep 2026
106Bakersfield, CA4942,245420,589Sep 2026
158Arlington, TX3451,726406,035Sep 2026
164Tampa, FL338994421,313Feb 2026
262New Castle County, DE (County Police)137551439,696May 2026
292Collier County, FL (Sheriff)76383382,493Sep 2026

The 10 places closest to Aurora in population, Aurora included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
40Denver, CO7933,938733,212Sep 2026
52Aurora, CO7112,297407,319Sep 2026
62Colorado Springs, CO6572,740496,560Sep 2026
78Lakewood, CO5904,371157,016Jul 2026
205Fort Collins, CO2421,491171,159Jul 2026
209Thornton, CO2352,032147,837Sep 2026

All 6 places in Colorado on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
20Albuquerque, NM1,0163,209559,192Sep 2026
40Denver, CO7933,938733,212Sep 2026
49Rapid City, SD7403,93281,185Jul 2026
52Aurora, CO7112,297407,319Sep 2026
62Colorado Springs, CO6572,740496,560Sep 2026
78Lakewood, CO5904,371157,016Jul 2026
168Casper, WY3271,85958,701Aug 2026
190Cheyenne, WY2702,26765,811Aug 2026
205Fort Collins, CO2421,491171,159Jul 2026
209Thornton, CO2352,032147,837Sep 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Aurora by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Aurora side by side with Denver, Colorado Springs or Fort Collins, or with any other place.

Other cities in Colorado

5 city pages, closest first

Colorado as a whole has 407 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Aurora’s rate is 75% above the state’s.

DenverThorntonLakewoodColorado SpringsFort Collins

All 6 cities in Colorado

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Aurora safe?

By reported violent crime, Aurora is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 711 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, −12% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Aurora?

This site does not have one for Aurora. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Aurora compares with nearby places such as Denver, CO instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Aurora?

711 violent and 2,297 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 12,254 incidents reported to Aurora Police Department over the 12 months to September 2026.

Is crime in Aurora going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −12% and property crime −14% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Aurora had in 2026?

Aurora Police Department reported 8 homicides from January to September 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 25 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Sep 2026 the count was 19, or 5 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Aurora Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset CO0010100). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Aurora

12 months to September 2026

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

CO0010100
Source
Aurora Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset CO0010100)
Latest complete month
September 2026
History on this site
October 2023 to September 2026 (45 months)
Update schedule
Aurora Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)