What is the crime rate in Cortez, CO?

In 2025, the Cortez Police Department reported 53 violent crimes and 194 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 573 violent and 2,098 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,247 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: 573
Property per 100,000: 2,098
Violent crimes: 53
Property crimes: 194

Crime reported by the Cortez 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	62	680	332	3,644	9,112
2024	43	471	270	2,961	9,120
2025	53	573	194	2,098	9,247

Violent crimes reported went from 62 in 2023 to 53 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 332 in 2023 to 194 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.

Cortez against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cortez	573	2,098
Montezuma County	273	1,131
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 Cortez, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cortez	—	573	2,098
Mancos	16 mi	155	775
Durango	39 mi	340	3,511
Farmington	47 mi	1,048	2,569
Aztec	50 mi	376	1,620
Bloomfield	53 mi	517	1,061
Bayfield	55 mi	34	749

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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