What is the crime rate in Lakewood, CO?

In 2025, the Lakewood Police Department reported 1,060 violent crimes and 7,093 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 675 violent and 4,517 property crimes per 100,000 of the 157,016 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: 675
Property per 100,000: 4,517
Violent crimes: 1,060
Property crimes: 7,093

Crime reported by the Lakewood 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	1,146	734	7,358	4,715	156,065
2024	1,242	797	8,057	5,169	155,868
2025	1,060	675	7,093	4,517	157,016

Violent crimes reported went from 1,146 in 2023 to 1,060 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 7,358 in 2023 to 7,093 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.

Lakewood against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lakewood	675	4,517
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 Lakewood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lakewood	—	675	4,517
Edgewater	4.6 mi	289	5,465
Wheat Ridge	5.1 mi	266	3,931
Golden	5.8 mi	124	2,205
Sheridan	6.4 mi	713	6,095
Columbine Valley	8.3 mi	115	632
Littleton	9.1 mi	242	2,123
Arvada	9.5 mi	307	2,349
Glendale	9.6 mi	1,986	16,291

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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