Safety Office of Policy Analysis2004 The pages below contain the 2004 Statistical Neighborhood Crime Rankings for the City and County of Denver. Both the actual number of crimes (frequency) and the rate per 1,000 residents are provided. The data is sorted by the rate per 1,000 residents with 1 being the highest crime ranking and 72 being the lowest. A rate of 56.8 offenses and a ranking of 10, for example, means that 57 out of 1,000 people were victims of crime and the neighborhood was ranked the 10th highest in crime. The actual number of reported offenses (frequency counts) should not be used in comparing one neighborhood with another due to the differences in size and population of each neighborhood. The crime rates (rate per 1,000) standardizes the data for valid comparisons.
The 2004 crime statistics follow the NIBRS (National Incident Based-Reporting Standards) crime definitions. Prior to 2004, UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) definitions were utilized. Although the total number of reported offenses was not affected, the change caused an increase in some offense categories with a corresponding decrease in others. The most notable change occurred in the number of Aggravated Assaults. Due to the change in definitions from UCR to NIBRS, Aggravated Assaults increased while simple assaults and weapon violations decreased. Click on the Change in Data Collection link to get more detailed information.
Six neighborhoods are excluded from the rankings due to a low resident population and/or a high daytime non-resident population: Auraria, Central Business District, Civic Center, Denver International Airport, Stapleton and Union Station. Use the list under Change in Crime from 2003 to 2004 to get information on these neighborhoods.