South Westminster, Westminster, CO Property Crime Rates and Maps
South Westminster is a neighborhood of 15,200 residents in Westminster, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in South Westminster?
Property crime is high in South Westminster: a D-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Theft makes up 48% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B-, and vehicle theft grades F. Westminster as a whole grades C- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 120 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than South Westminster as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. South Westminster scores 120.
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 South Westminster, Westminster, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in South Westminster in Westminster, 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 South Westminster
Car thefts run high. South Westminster has car thefts at more than triple the US rate: 11.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
How South Westminster compares within Westminster
High property crime is widespread across South Westminster: 83% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across South Westminster run from C+ to F.
17%83%
C 17%D or F 83%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
South Westminster has less property crime than 0 of the 5 neighborhoods in Westminster. It covers much of the South Westminster area.
Is property crime going up in Westminster?
Reported property crime in Westminster as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 23% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 32 to 34 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
WestminsterUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Westminster. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Westminster
Property, US
2016
+9%
+15%
2017
+1%
+12%
2018
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+8%
-8%
2021
+40%
-10%
2022
+36%
-6%
2023
+10%
-7%
2024
+8%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in South Westminster
CrimeGrade™ estimates South Westminster has about 66 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 32% more than Westminster 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 South Westminster, about 48% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Westminster
The Westminster Police Department polices South Westminster; these figures cover Westminster as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Westminster as a whole, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 41% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (35%)
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 South Westminster and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to South Westminster, 8 have less property crime. Scenic Heights and Lamar Heights Area have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from South Westminster. 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, South Westminster has more property crime than 55% of them.
Shops, parking lots and walkability in South Westminster
South Westminster looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.14.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 78% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 77% 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. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 62% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for South Westminster: C- (28 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 73% 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 South Westminster
Property crime costs South Westminster about $7.8 million a year, or $513 per resident and about $1,249 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.
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.
