The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Berkley, CO
Berkley is an unincorporated community of 10,600 in Adams County, about 5 miles northwest of downtown Denver · Updated November 2026
Is Berkley, CO safe?
Crime in Berkley is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 81% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Berkley. Violent crime grades B- and property crime C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Berkley run from B- to D, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 529 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Berkley as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Berkley scores 529.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Berkley, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Berkley, 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 in Berkley
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Berkley has 12.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Berkley
Areas graded C are home to 48% of residents in Berkley; 40% live in areas graded A or B and 12% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Berkley run from B- to D; every part of Berkley has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
40%48%12%
A or B 40%C 48%D or F 12%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Berkley, the east side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Berkley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Berkley has about 65 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 74% more than the US as a whole and 36% more than Colorado.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 30% of crime reported in Berkley. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How Berkley compares with nearby cities
Berkley has less crime than 4 of its 8 nearest cities.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in Berkley
Two things set Berkley apart: it has 3.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 6 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 87% 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 and assault. 71% 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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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Berkley: C- (29 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 72% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 71% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.20% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 58% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Berkley on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 crime costs Berkley
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Berkley about $2,198 a year per household, 82% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $29 million a year, or $2,754 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.6 million
$153
Rape
$490,000
$46
Robbery
$370,000
$35
Assault
$2.2 million
$203
Burglary
$480,000
$45
Theft
$1.1 million
$99
Vehicle theft
$2.1 million
$197
Arson
$81,000
$8
Vandalism
$980,000
$92
Total
$9.3 million
$879
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Berkley means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Berkley, CO average a SchoolGrade of F: 20% of students test proficient, against 17% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Berkley on SchoolGrade
