What is the crime rate in Thornton, CO?

In 2025, the Thornton Police Department reported 372 violent crimes and 3,379 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 252 violent and 2,286 property crimes per 100,000 of the 147,837 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: 252
Property per 100,000: 2,286
Violent crimes: 372
Property crimes: 3,379

Crime reported by the Thornton 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	417	290	4,369	3,037	143,838
2024	425	291	4,203	2,882	145,847
2025	372	252	3,379	2,286	147,837

Violent crimes reported went from 417 in 2023 to 372 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 4,369 in 2023 to 3,379 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.

Thornton against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Thornton	252	2,286
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 Thornton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Thornton	—	252	2,286
Northglenn	2.2 mi	365	2,352
Federal Heights	5.5 mi	591	2,293
Broomfield	6.2 mi	152	1,500
Westminster	6.9 mi	289	2,923
Commerce City	8.2 mi	742	2,492
Lafayette	9.8 mi	284	1,586
Louisville	11 mi	106	1,540
Denver	11 mi	882	4,144

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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