The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Glenwood Springs, CO
Glenwood Springs is a city of 15,500 in Garfield County · Updated November 2026
Is Glenwood Springs, CO safe?
Yes, crime in Glenwood Springs is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Glenwood Springs sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Glenwood Springs run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 841 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
51% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Glenwood Springs as a whole, and 49% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Glenwood Springs scores 841.
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 Glenwood Springs, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Glenwood Springs, 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 Glenwood Springs
Theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Glenwood Springs has 26.5.
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Glenwood Springs runs 40% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 27% below it: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Glenwood Springs
Every part of Glenwood Springs where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Glenwood Springs run from A+ to B; 42% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Glenwood Springs, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Glenwood Springs?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Glenwood Springs is up 15%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.7 to 3.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 47 to 45 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 25% and property crime rose 19%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Glenwood SpringsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Glenwood Springs. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Glenwood Springs
Violent, US
Property, Glenwood Springs
Property, US
2016
+36%
+4%
+11%
+15%
2017
+7%
+4%
-3%
+12%
2018
+29%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+44%
+4%
-18%
-8%
2021
+57%
+6%
-28%
-10%
2022
+33%
+5%
-19%
-6%
2023
+54%
+2%
-19%
-7%
2024
+15%
-4%
-4%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Glenwood Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Glenwood Springs has about 52 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 is the most common crime in Glenwood Springs, about 51% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Glenwood Springs, 35% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at stores and businesses: 47% of them, against 10% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Stores and businesses (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (41%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism.
How Glenwood Springs compares with nearby cities
Glenwood Springs has the most crime of its 8 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Glenwood Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Glenwood Springs has more crime than 57% of them.
Two things set Glenwood Springs apart: it has 26.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 73 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.26.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.73 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 88% 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. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% 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 Glenwood Springs: D+ (20 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 84% of US city residents
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.65% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 80% 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.3.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 78% 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 Glenwood Springs
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Glenwood Springs about $1,259 a year per household, about the same as 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 $17 million a year, or $1,074 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$430,000
$27
Rape
$650,000
$42
Robbery
$72,000
$5
Assault
$1.8 million
$119
Burglary
$390,000
$25
Theft
$2.1 million
$136
Vehicle theft
$510,000
$33
Arson
$76,000
$5
Vandalism
$960,000
$62
Total
$7.0 million
$455
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 Glenwood Springs 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 Glenwood Springs, CO average a SchoolGrade of C-: 34% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Glenwood Springs on SchoolGrade
