Fort Collins is the fourth-largest city in Colorado, with 197,000 residents in Larimer County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Fort Collins?
Fort Collins earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Theft makes up 59% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 757 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Fort Collins as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Collins scores 757.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Fort Collins, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Collins, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Fort Collins
Car thefts run high in Prospect-Shields, Rogers Park & University North. In this part of west Fort Collins, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Fort Collins.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Fort Collins
Most of Fort Collins grades well for property crime: 87% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Fort Collins run from A+ to C-.
87%13%
A or B 87%C 13%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1English Ranch & Foxstone, southeastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Fort Collins.A-829
2City Park Fort Collins, northwestBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Fort Collins.A-799
3Troutman Park, southwestBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Fort Collins.A-795
4Side Hill, eastCar thefts run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Fort Collins.A-781
5Fairway Estates, southCar thefts run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Fort Collins.B+753
6Downtown Fort Collins, northBurglaries run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Fort Collins.B676
7University Park, Old Prospect & Prospect at Spring Meadows, centralCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Fort Collins.B674
Neighborhood areas of Fort Collins, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Fort Collins?
Reported property crime in Fort Collins peaked in 2022 and has fallen 17% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 22 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Fort CollinsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Fort Collins. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Fort Collins
Property, US
2016
+12%
+15%
2017
+17%
+12%
2018
+0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
-8%
2021
-6%
-10%
2022
+16%
-6%
2023
+9%
-7%
2024
-3%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Fort Collins
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Collins has about 28 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% more than the US as a whole and 22% less than Colorado.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Fort Collins, about 59% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Fort Collins
Fort Collins has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Fort Collins, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 50% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Fort Collins and nearby cities
Fort Collins has the most property crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Fort Collins. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Fort Collins has more property crime than 52% of them.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Fort Collins
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Fort Collins apart: it has 3.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 10 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary, vandalism and arson run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Fort Collins: D (13 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 66% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.26% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 65% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 64% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Fort Collins
Property crime costs Fort Collins about $37 million a year, or $186 per resident and about $467 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$3.8 million
$19
Theft
$16 million
$84
Vehicle theft
$5.7 million
$29
Arson
$670,000
$3
Vandalism
$10 million
$51
Total
$37 million
$186
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
