The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fort Carson, CO
Fort Carson is an unincorporated community of 17,000 in El Paso County, about 7 miles south of downtown Colorado Springs · Updated November 2026
Is Fort Carson, CO safe?
Yes, crime in Fort Carson is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Fort Carson sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Fort Carson run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 849 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fort Carson as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Carson scores 849.
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.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Carson, 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 Fort Carson
Reported rape is the exception. Fort Carson grades A- for violent crime, but reported rape grades C, worse than in the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live.
Theft runs low. Fort Carson has 5.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Fort Carson
Every part of Fort Carson where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Fort Carson run from A+ to B+; 35% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Fort Carson, the south side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in Fort Carson
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Carson has about 16 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% less than the US as a whole and 67% less 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 34% of crime reported in Fort Carson. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does 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 Fort Carson compares with nearby cities
Fort Carson has less crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities; only Cascade and Manitou Springs have less.
Two things set Fort Carson apart: it has 11 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 3.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, and theft runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.11 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 95% 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 75% 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.4.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 85% 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.36% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% 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 crime costs Fort Carson
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Fort Carson about $1,335 a year per household, 11% 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 $15 million a year, or $885 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$790,000
$47
Rape
$800,000
$47
Robbery
$66,000
$4
Assault
$900,000
$53
Burglary
$210,000
$12
Theft
$460,000
$27
Vehicle theft
$290,000
$17
Arson
$24,000
$1
Vandalism
$350,000
$20
Total
$3.9 million
$229
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 Fort Carson 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. Fort Carson is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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.
Schools in Fort Carson, CO average a SchoolGrade of D+: 32% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Fort Carson on SchoolGrade
