Gilpin County is home to 5,900 residents and includes Central and Black Hawk · Updated November 2026
Is Gilpin County, CO safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Gilpin County: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 902 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gilpin County as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gilpin County scores 902.
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 Gilpin County, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gilpin County, 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 Gilpin County
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Gilpin County, 90% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Theft at about triple the US rate. Gilpin County has 43.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Gilpin County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gilpin County has about 74 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 55% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Gilpin County is theft, about 60% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Gilpin County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Gilpin County, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (67%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (90%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (49%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Gilpin County compares with nearby counties
Gilpin County has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties.
Night lighting, walkability and density in Gilpin County
Two things set Gilpin County apart: it has 4% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (2 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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.4% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 99% of Americans
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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (2 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 99% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 97% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.72 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 96% of Americans
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 Gilpin County: F (1 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
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 Gilpin County
Crime costs Gilpin County about $1,345 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 12% 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 $8.0 million a year, or $1,354 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$260,000
$43
Rape
$82,000
$14
Robbery
$75,000
$13
Assault
$1.0 million
$176
Burglary
$56,000
$9
Theft
$1.3 million
$225
Vehicle theft
$190,000
$32
Arson
$16,000
$3
Vandalism
$470,000
$79
Total
$3.5 million
$595
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 Gilpin County 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. Gilpin County 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.
Schools in Gilpin County, CO average a SchoolGrade of A: 51% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Gilpin County on SchoolGrade
