What is the crime rate in Durango, CO?

In 2024, the Durango Police Department reported 67 violent crimes and 691 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 340 violent and 3,511 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,680 residents it serves.

Across Colorado the rates were 489 and 2,668.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 340
Property per 100,000: 3,511
Violent crimes: 67
Property crimes: 691

Crime reported by the Durango Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	73	370	558	2,826	19,747
2024	67	340	691	3,511	19,680

Violent crimes reported went from 73 in 2023 to 67 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 558 in 2023 to 691 in 2024.

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

Durango against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Durango	340	3,511
La Plata County	169	1,477
Colorado	489	2,668
United States	363	1,767

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 Durango, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Durango	—	340	3,511
Bayfield	16 mi	34	749
Mancos	24 mi	155	775
Aztec	31 mi	376	1,620
Bloomfield	36 mi	517	1,061
Cortez	39 mi	573	2,098
Farmington	39 mi	1,048	2,569
Mountain Village	46 mi	81	1,457

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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