What is the crime rate in Sterling, CO?

In 2025, the Sterling Police Department reported 37 violent crimes and 301 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 284 violent and 2,308 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,040 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: 284
Property per 100,000: 2,308
Violent crimes: 37
Property crimes: 301

Crime reported by the Sterling 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	54	417	461	3,559	12,952
2024	52	406	381	2,975	12,806
2025	37	284	301	2,308	13,040

Violent crimes reported went from 54 in 2023 to 37 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 461 in 2023 to 301 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.

Sterling against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sterling	284	2,308
Logan County	261	1,634
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 Sterling, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sterling	—	284	2,308
Sidney	37 mi	92	985
Fort Morgan	40 mi	252	1,419
Yuma	43 mi	144	461
Holyoke	47 mi	44	131
Kimball	49 mi	183	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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