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Salida, 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

Salida has an overall crime rate of 10 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 Salida is 1 in 97. How does Salida fare compared to other communities in Colorado of all population sizes? Salida's crime rate is lower than approximately 52% of Colorado communities.

How does the crime rate in Salida compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Salida with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Salida'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 Salida 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 Salida.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Salida 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 Salida; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 415. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Salida; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Salida Crime Data

total Crime Index

47

(100 is safest)


Safer than 47% of U.S. cities.

Salida Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

14

46

60

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

2.41

7.92

10.33

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
2.41
4.92
National Median: 4
    Salida
    Colorado

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 415

in Salida

1 in 203

in Colorado

Salida Violent Crimes

Population: 5,809
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 1 0 13
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.17 0.00 2.24

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
7.92
31.48
National Median: 20
    Salida
    Colorado

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 126

in Salida

1 in 32

in Colorado

Property Crimes

Population: 5,809
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 7 36 3
Rate per 1,000 1.21 6.20 0.52

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

Salida Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
23
57
National Median: 27.0
    Salida
    Colorado

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