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Fort Collins, 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

With a crime rate of 32 per one thousand residents, Fort Collins has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 31. Within Colorado, more than 82% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Fort Collins.

How does the crime rate in Fort Collins compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Fort Collins with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Fort Collins's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fort Collins 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 Fort Collins.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Fort Collins occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Fort Collins; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 307. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Fort Collins is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Fort Collins, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 35, which is a rate of 29 per one thousand population.

Fort Collins Crime Data

total Crime Index

9

(100 is safest)


Safer than 9% of U.S. cities.

Fort Collins Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

552

4,867

5,419

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.26

28.76

32.02

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.26
4.92
National Median: 4
    Fort Collins
    Colorado

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 307

in Fort Collins

1 in 203

in Colorado

Fort Collins Violent Crimes

Population: 169,249
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 2 59 46 445
Rate per 1,000 0.01 0.35 0.27 2.63

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
28.76
31.48
National Median: 20
    Fort Collins
    Colorado

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 35

in Fort Collins

1 in 32

in Colorado

Property Crimes

Population: 169,249
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 433 3,949 485
Rate per 1,000 2.56 23.33 2.87

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

Fort Collins Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
98
57
National Median: 27.0
    Fort Collins
    Colorado