Ralston Valley, Arvada, CO Property Crime Rates and Maps
Ralston Valley is a neighborhood of 5,050 residents in Arvada, about 4 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Ralston Valley?
Ralston Valley earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Theft makes up 54% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades A. Arvada as a whole grades B- for property crime.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 720 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Ralston Valley as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ralston Valley scores 720.
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 Ralston Valley, Arvada, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ralston Valley in Arvada, 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 Ralston Valley
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Arvada as a whole, 60% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Ralston Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ralston Valley has about 31 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% more than the US as a whole and close to Arvada as a whole.
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 Ralston Valley, about 54% 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 Arvada
The Arvada Police Department polices Ralston Valley; these figures cover Arvada as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Arvada as a whole, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
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 Ralston Valley and nearby neighborhoods
Ralston Valley has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only West Woods has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Ralston Valley. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Ralston Valley has more property crime than 51% of them.
Density, night lighting and walkability in Ralston Valley
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Ralston Valley apart: it has 8% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.99% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Ralston Valley
Property crime costs Ralston Valley about $1.1 million a year, or $216 per resident and about $542 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 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. Ralston Valley is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
