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Castle Rock, CO crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Castle Rock has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Castle Rock is 1 in 85. How does Castle Rock fare compared to other communities in Colorado of all population sizes? Castle Rock's crime rate is lower than approximately 47% of Colorado communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Castle Rock has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Castle Rock is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Castle Rock does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Castle Rock.

For Castle Rock, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Castle Rock than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3208, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Castle Rock's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Castle Rock a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Castle Rock is one in 87.

Castle Rock Crime Data

total Crime Index

42

(100 is safest)


Safer than 42% of U.S. cities.

Castle Rock Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

25

920

945

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.31

11.47

11.78

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.31
4.92
National Median: 4
    Castle Rock
    Colorado

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 3,208

in Castle Rock

1 in 203

in Colorado

Castle Rock Violent Crimes

Population: 80,191
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 3 5 3 14
Rate per 1,000 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.17

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
11.47
31.48
National Median: 20
    Castle Rock
    Colorado

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 87

in Castle Rock

1 in 32

in Colorado

Property Crimes

Population: 80,191
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 63 795 62
Rate per 1,000 0.79 9.91 0.77

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Castle Rock Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
28
57
National Median: 27.0
    Castle Rock
    Colorado