East Boulder is a neighborhood of 2,750 residents in Boulder, about 2 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is East Boulder in Boulder safe?
Yes, crime in East Boulder is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, East Boulder sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Boulder as a whole grades A-.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 825 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Boulder as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Boulder scores 825.
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 East Boulder, Boulder, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Boulder in Boulder, 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 East Boulder
Burglary is the exception. East Boulder grades B+ for property crime, but burglary grades C, worse than in the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live.
Aggravated assault at more than triple the US rate. East Boulder has 10.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Crime rates and types in East Boulder
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Boulder has about 102 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for Boulder as a whole.
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 38% of crime reported in East Boulder. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Boulder
The Boulder Police Department polices East Boulder; these figures cover Boulder as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Boulder as a whole, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 40% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (30%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (30%)
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.
How East Boulder compares with nearby neighborhoods
East Boulder has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in East Boulder
Two things set East Boulder apart: it has 12.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 862 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many stores and restaurants with a lot of parking-lot space: places with both tend to report more theft and car theft than places with only one of them, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.12.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.862 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% 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 and assault. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.77.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% 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 crime costs East Boulder
Crime costs East Boulder about $2,111 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 75% 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 $9.1 million a year, or $3,313 per resident.
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 East Boulder 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. East Boulder 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
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 East Boulder, Boulder, CO average a SchoolGrade of A: 51% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in East Boulder on SchoolGrade
