Violent crime
3,429 per 100,000 residents, per year
361 reported in the last 12 months
+217% vs. Denver (1,080)
Data through August 2026, Denver Police Department
Crime in Union Station, Denver
The violent crime rate in Union Station is 3,429 per 100,000 residents per year, 217% above Denver as a whole (1,080). It ranks 3 of 75 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Aug 2026Property crime
7,371 per 100,000 residents, per year
776 reported in the last 12 months
+55% vs. Denver (4,754)
All reported
11,902 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,253 reported in the last 12 months
+84% vs. Denver (6,481)
About 46,178 people work in Union Station, 4.4 times its 10,528 residents (Census jobs data, 2023). The rates divide by residents only, so they run high here: most people in Union Station 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 10,528 for Union Station. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.
Where Union Station sits in Denver
rank 3 of 75Loading map…
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Union Station is among the highest in the city: rank 3 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Civic Center (9,362), Central Business District (5,068), Five Points (3,044), Lincoln Park (2,990).
Violent crime, month by month
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Union Station |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 32 |
| Oct 2025 | 26 |
| Nov 2025 | 19 |
| Dec 2025 | 26 |
| Jan 2026 | 21 |
| Feb 2026 | 29 |
| Mar 2026 | 28 |
| Apr 2026 | 26 |
| May 2026 | 28 |
| Jun 2026 | 54 |
| Jul 2026 | 42 |
| Aug 2026 | 30 |
When crime happens in Union Station
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Union Station happened between 10 pm and 3 am. Friday and Saturday had the most.
Violent crime busiest hour 1 am
Property crime busiest hour 6 pm
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 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 am | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 am | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 am | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 am | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 pm | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 1 pm | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 pm | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 pm | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 pm | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 pm | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 6 pm | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 7 pm | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 pm | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 pm | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 10 pm | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 11 pm | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 12 am | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| 1 am | 30 | 14 | 44 |
| 2 am | 28 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 am | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 am | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 am | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total with a known time | 156 | 195 | 351 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 7 am | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 8 am | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 9 am | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| 10 am | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 11 am | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 12 pm | 11 | 24 | 35 |
| 1 pm | 13 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 pm | 13 | 33 | 46 |
| 3 pm | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| 4 pm | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 pm | 13 | 33 | 46 |
| 6 pm | 19 | 35 | 54 |
| 7 pm | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| 8 pm | 19 | 35 | 54 |
| 9 pm | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| 10 pm | 23 | 19 | 42 |
| 11 pm | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 12 am | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| 1 am | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 am | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 am | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 am | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Total with a known time | 274 | 472 | 746 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Denver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 333 | 3,163 | +231% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 28 | 266 | +122% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 379 | 3,600 | +114% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 156 | 1,482 | +71% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 96 | 912 | −14% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 79 | 750 | +41% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 66 | 627 | +2% |
| Drug offensesOther | 69 | 655 | +57% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 47 | 446 | +95% |
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
- 10,528 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Denver, CO
- All neighborhoods
- Denver neighborhoods by reported crime rate