Violent crime
5,068 per 100,000 residents, per year
256 reported in the last 12 months
+369% vs. Denver (1,080)
Data through August 2026, Denver Police Department
Crime in Central Business District, Denver
The violent crime rate in Central Business District is 5,068 per 100,000 residents per year, 369% above Denver as a whole (1,080). It ranks 2 of 75 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Aug 2026Property crime
16,531 per 100,000 residents, per year
835 reported in the last 12 months
+248% vs. Denver (4,754)
All reported
24,094 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,217 reported in the last 12 months
+272% vs. Denver (6,481)
About 55,113 people work in Central Business District, 11 times its 5,051 residents (Census jobs data, 2023). The rates divide by residents only, so they run high here: most people in Central Business District on a weekday live somewhere else. The counts, and how they change from year to year, say more than the rate.
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 5,051 for Central Business District. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.
Where Central Business District sits in Denver
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Central Business District is among the highest in the city: rank 2 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Civic Center (9,362), Union Station (3,429), Five Points (3,044).
Violent crime, month by month
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Central Business District |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 21 |
| Oct 2025 | 29 |
| Nov 2025 | 19 |
| Dec 2025 | 18 |
| Jan 2026 | 17 |
| Feb 2026 | 18 |
| Mar 2026 | 28 |
| Apr 2026 | 23 |
| May 2026 | 22 |
| Jun 2026 | 22 |
| Jul 2026 | 19 |
| Aug 2026 | 20 |
When crime happens in Central Business District
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Central Business District happened between 1 pm and 9 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 4 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Denver Police Department; 3% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 7 am | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 8 am | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 9 am | 9 | 36 | 45 |
| 10 am | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| 11 am | 15 | 23 | 38 |
| 12 pm | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| 1 pm | 13 | 37 | 50 |
| 2 pm | 10 | 41 | 51 |
| 3 pm | 13 | 41 | 54 |
| 4 pm | 17 | 48 | 65 |
| 5 pm | 12 | 41 | 53 |
| 6 pm | 24 | 34 | 58 |
| 7 pm | 16 | 33 | 49 |
| 8 pm | 16 | 28 | 44 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 31 | 38 |
| 10 pm | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| 11 pm | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 12 am | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 1 am | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 am | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 am | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 am | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 am | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Total with a known time | 257 | 570 | 827 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Denver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 221 | 4,375 | +358% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 34 | 673 | +462% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 20 | +246% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 451 | 8,929 | +431% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 166 | 3,286 | +280% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 107 | 2,118 | +100% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 69 | 1,366 | +123% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 42 | 832 | +56% |
| Drug offensesOther | 94 | 1,861 | +346% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 32 | 634 | +176% |
Source and dates
ODC_CRIME_OFFENSES_P- Source
- Denver Police Department, via Denver Open Data Catalog (dataset ODC_CRIME_OFFENSES_P), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 5,051 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Denver, CO
- All neighborhoods
- Denver neighborhoods by reported crime rate