What is the crime rate in Golden, CO?

In 2025, the Golden Police Department reported 25 violent crimes and 443 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 124 violent and 2,205 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,091 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: 124
Property per 100,000: 2,205
Violent crimes: 25
Property crimes: 443

Crime reported by the Golden 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	31	151	557	2,717	20,499
2024	24	119	489	2,422	20,193
2025	25	124	443	2,205	20,091

Violent crimes reported went from 31 in 2023 to 25 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 557 in 2023 to 443 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.

Golden against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Golden	124	2,205
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 Golden, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Golden	—	124	2,205
Lakewood	5.8 mi	675	4,517
Wheat Ridge	6.0 mi	266	3,931
Arvada	7.1 mi	307	2,349
Edgewater	7.9 mi	289	5,465
Sheridan	12 mi	713	6,095
Westminster	12 mi	289	2,923

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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