Denver Neighborhoods With the Most Crime Now

Since late last year, the crime-reduction focus of Mayor Michael Hancock and the Denver Police Department has been the Union Station area. But as the latest DPD statistics indicate, it’s hardly the only part of the Mile High City where crime is an issue. Over a fourteen-day stretch this month, four neighborhoods — including Denver International Airport — experienced more crime than that part of downtown.

The information comes from the department’s Denver Crime Map, which tracks data from the Union Station area — which isn’t an official city neighborhood — as well as the 78 areas that have earned the neighborhood designation.

From April 5 to April 19, the most recent two-week period for which numbers are available, a significant percentage of Denver suffered comparatively little crime, and the offenses that occurred tended to be comparatively minor. But Union Station and four other neighborhoods surpassed 100 crimes that week — and violence touched plenty of others, too.

The DPD map divides crime into three general categories. “Violent Crime” consists of murder, robbery and aggravated assault. “Property Crime” comprises arson, larceny, burglary, auto theft and theft from a motor vehicle. “Other Crimes” include drug-and-alcohol offenses, public disorder, white-collar crime, other crimes against persons, and all other crimes.

These distinctions are important. Seven Denver neighborhoods saw fewer than ten crimes from April 5-19: Wellshire, Country Club, Belcaro, North Park Hill, Indian Creek, Rosedale and Skyland. And 24 — nearly a third of the total — registered no violent crimes.

But eighteen neighborhoods as well as the Union Station area registered fifty crimes or more, and all of them saw at least one violent crime over the two-week period. The neighborhood with the most violent crimes, eleven, was also the one that tallied the most crimes overall: Five Points. Central Park, formerly Stapleton, followed with ten violent crimes, followed by Montbello with nine and Union Station with eight.

Clearly, crime in Denver isn’t only a Union Station problem.

Continue to see crime statistics for all 78 Denver neighborhoods plus Union Station from April 5-19, ordered from least crimes to most. Included are the number of overall crimes and violent crimes, as well as an estimate indicating the number of crimes per square mile — a metric known as crime density.

1. Wellshire
Offense Count: 1
Crime Density: 1.08 per square mile
0 violent crimes

2. Country Club
Offense Count: 4
Crime Density: 6.16 per square mile
0 violent crimes

3. Belcaro
Offense Count: 7
Crime Density: 6.01 per square mile
1 violent crime

4. North Park Hill
Offense Count: 8
Crime Density: 5.36 per square mile
0 violent crimes

5 (tie). Indian Creek
Offense Count: 9
Crime Density: 18.48 per square mile
0 violent crimes

5 (tie). Rosedale
Offense Count: 9
Crime Density: 15.96 per square mile
0 violent crimes

5 (tie). Skyland
Offense Count: 9
Crime Density: 11.80 per square mile
0 violent crimes

8. Regis
Offense Count: 11
Crime Density: 10.79 per square mile
0 violent crimes

9. Cole
Offense Count: 13
Crime Density: 25.39 per square mile
0 violent crimes

10. Fort Logan
Offense Count: 14
Crime Density: 5.28 per square mile
1 violent crime

11 (tie). Chaffee Park
Offense Count: 15
Crime Density; 19.11 per square mile
0 violent crimes

11 (tie). Montclair
Offense Count: 15
Crime Density: 14.82 per square mile
2 violent crimes

11 (tie). Platt Park
Offense Count: 15
Crime Density: 18.34 per square mile
1 violent crime

14 (tie). Clayton
Offense Count: 16
Crime Density: 20.75 per square mile
2 violent crimes

14 (tie). Hilltop
Offense Count: 16
Crime Density: 9.29 per square mile
0 violent crimes

14 (tie). Washington Park
Offense Count: 16
total
Crime Density
10.59
per square mile
0 violent crimes

17 (tie). South Park Hill
Offense Count: 17
Crime Density: 11.40 per square mile
0 violent crimes

17 (tie). University Hills
Offense Count: 17
Crime Density: 11.72 per square mile
0 violent crimes

17 (tie). Valverde
Offense Count: 17
Crime Density: 17.71 per square mile
0 violent crimes

17 (tie). Whittier
Offense Count: 17
Crime Density: 30.20 per square mile
0 violent crimes

21. Sun Valley
Offense Count: 18
Crime Density: 28.04 per square mile
0 violent crimes

22 (tie). Barnum West
Offense Count: 19
Crime Density: 26.24 per square mile
1 violent crime

22 (tie). Cherry Creek
Offense Count: 19
Crime Density: 22.70 per square mile
1 violent crime

22 (tie). Jefferson Park
Offense Count: 19
Crime Density: 38.62 per square mile
2 violent crimes

22 (tie). West Highland
Offense Count: 19
Crime Density: 16.92 per square mile
1 violent crime

26 (tie). Harvey Park South
Offense Count: 20
Crime Density: 14.63 per square mile
2 violent crimes

26 (tie). Washington Park West
Offense Count: 20
Crime Density: 22.91 per square mile
0 violent crimes

28 (tie). City Park
Offense Count: 22
Crime Density: 28.65 per square mile
1 violent crime

28 (tie). Cory — Merrill
Offense Count: 22
Crime Density: 26.22 per square mile
0 violent crimes

28 (tie). Marston
Offense Count: 22
Crime Density: 6.94 per square mile
2 violent crimes

31 (tie). Mar Lee
Offense Count: 24
Crime Density: 15.93 per square mile
2 violent crimes

31 (tie). Sloan’s Lake
Offense Count: 24
Crime Density: 17.16 per square mile
1 violent crime

33 (tie). Bear Valley
Offense Count: 25
Crime Density: 18.50 per square mile
2 violent crimes

33 (tie). University
Offense Count: 25
Crime Density: 20.06 per square mile
0 violent crimes

35. Southmoor Park
Offense Count: 26
Crime Density: 27.93 per square mile
0 violent crimes

36 (tie). Auraria
Offense Count: 27
Crime Density: 41.86 per square mile
0 violent crimes

36 (tie). Barnum
Offense Count: 27
Crime Density: 35.02 per square mile
1 violent crime

38 (tie). College View — South Platte
Offense Count: 28
Crime Density: 19.19 per square mile
2 violent crimes

38 (tie). Kennedy
Offense Count: 28
Crime Density: 39.89 per square mile
2 violent crimes

38 (tie). Ruby Hill
Offense Count: 28
Crime Density: 19.28 per square mile
4 violent crimes

41. Harvey Park
Offense Count: 29
Crime Density: 17.20 per square mile
6 violent crimes

42. Berkeley
Offense Count: 30
Crime Density: 20.03 per square mile
0 violent crimes

43 (tie). Goldsmith
Offense Count: 31
Crime Density: 40.10 per square mile
4 violent crimes

43 (tie). Virginia Village
Offense Count: 31
Crime Density: 15.96 per square mile
1 violent crime

45. University Park
Offense Count: 32
Crime Density: 27.52 per square mile
1 violent crime

46 (tie). Elyria Swansea
Offense Count: 33
Crime Density: 12.72 per square mile
2 violent crimes

46 (tie). Overland
Offense Count: 33
Crime Density: 29.39 per square mile
3 violent crimes

48. Athmar Park
Offense Count: 34
Crime Density: 21.99 per square mile
6 violent crimes

49. Sunnyside
Offense Count: 35
Crime Density: 24.58 per square mile
3 violent crimes

50. Windsor
Offense Count: 36
Crime Density: 21.05 per square mile
3 violent crimes

51. Congress Park
Offense Count: 37
Crime Density: 35.96 per square mile
6 violent crimes

52. Lowry Field
Offense Count: 38
Crime Density: 14.73 per square mile
1 violent crime

53. Hale
Offense Count: 39
Crime Density: 40.08 per square mile
2 violent crimes

54 (tie). City Park West
Offense Count: 40
Crime Density: 74.77 per square mile
5 violent crimes

54 (tie). Globeville
Offense Count: 40
Crime Density: 19.42 per square mile
2 violent crimes

56. Highland
Offense Count: 42
Crime Density: 36.43 per square mile
0 violent crimes

57. Speer
Offense Count: 44
Crime Density: 51.52 per square mile
3 violent crimes

58. Civic Center
Offense Count: 45
Crime Density: 148.03 per square mile
4 violent crimes

59. Villa Park
Offense Count: 49
Crime Density: 49.70 per square mile
2 violent crimes

60 (tie). East Colfax
Offense Count: 51
Crime Density: 47.71 per square mile
3 violent crimes

60 (tie). Washington Virginia Vale
Offense Count: 51
Crime Density: 27.88 per square mile
2 violent crimes

62 (tie). Cheesman Park
Offense Count: 53
Crime Density: 100.57 per square mile
4 violent crimes

62 (tie). Hampden South
Offense Count: 53
Crime Density: 18.20 per square mile
1 violent crime

64. Lincoln Park
Offense Count: 54
Crime Density: 42.32 per square mile
1 violent crime

65. Northeast Park Hill
Offense Count: 55
Crime Density: 16.52 per square mile
5 violent crimes

66. Baker
Offense Count: 61
Crime Density: 40.88 per square mile
3 violent crimes

67 (tie). North Capitol Hill
Offense Count: 69
Crime Density: 195.47 per square mile
4 violent crimes

67 (tie). Westwood
Offense Count: 69
Crime Density: 46.09 per square mile
8 violent crimes

69. West Colfax
Offense Count: 70
Crime Density: 69.58 per square mile
2 violent crimes

70. Hampden
Offense Count: 74
Crime Density: 26.20 per square mile
4 violent crimes

71. Gateway — Green Valley Ranch
Offense Count: 85
Crime Density: 11.54 per square mile
7 violent crimes

72. Montbello
Offense Count: 93
Crime Density: 18.37 per square mile
9 violent crimes

73. CBD
Offense Count: 99
Crime Density: 229.70 per square mile
5 violent crimes

74. Union Station
Offense Count: 105
Crime Density: 239.18 per square mile
8 violent crimes

75. DIA
Offense Count: 106
Crime Density: 2.50 per square mile
6 violent crimes

77. Capitol Hill
Offense Count; 110
Crime Density: 162.72 per square mile
3 violent crimes

78. Central Park (formerly Stapleton)
Offense Count: 158
Crime Density: 17.59 per square mile
10 violent crimes

79. Five Points
Offense Count: 171
Crime Density: 97.27 per square mile
11 violent crimes