What is the crime rate in Boulder, CO?

In 2025, the Boulder Police Department reported 377 violent crimes and 2,580 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 354 violent and 2,424 property crimes per 100,000 of the 106,426 residents it serves.

Across Colorado the rates were 440 and 2,235.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 354
Property per 100,000: 2,424
Violent crimes: 377
Property crimes: 2,580

Crime reported by the Boulder Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	374	359	3,268	3,135	104,232
2024	342	325	2,933	2,788	105,195
2025	377	354	2,580	2,424	106,426

Violent crimes reported went from 374 in 2023 to 377 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,268 in 2023 to 2,580 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Boulder against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Boulder	354	2,424
Boulder County	273	1,857
Colorado	440	2,235
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Boulder, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Boulder	—	354	2,424
Louisville	6.9 mi	106	1,540
Lafayette	8.3 mi	284	1,586
Broomfield	12 mi	152	1,500
Longmont	13 mi	351	2,439
Westminster	14 mi	289	2,923
Arvada	14 mi	307	2,349
Northglenn	16 mi	365	2,352
Federal Heights	17 mi	591	2,293

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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