The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Greenwood Village, CO
Greenwood Village is a city of 22,200 in Arapahoe County, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Denver · Updated November 2026
Is Greenwood Village, CO safe?
Yes, crime in Greenwood Village is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Greenwood Village sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 45% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 810 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Greenwood Village as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Greenwood Village scores 810.
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 Greenwood Village, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Greenwood Village, 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 Greenwood Village
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Greenwood Village, 74% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Thefts and car thefts both run high. In Greenwood Village, each runs at more than double the US rate: 34.6 thefts and 6.3 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Greenwood Village
Every part of Greenwood Village where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Greenwood Village run from A to B+; 8% 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 Greenwood Village, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Crime rates and types in Greenwood Village
CrimeGrade™ estimates Greenwood Village has about 69 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 85% more than the US as a whole and 45% 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 is the most common crime in Greenwood Village, about 50% 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 Greenwood Village
Greenwood Village has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Greenwood Village, 24% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (74%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Stores and businesses (36%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Greenwood Village compares with nearby cities
Greenwood Village has less crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Greenwood Village. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Greenwood Village has more crime than 63% of them.
Two things set Greenwood Village apart: it has 304 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 24.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.304 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.24.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% 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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% 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.3.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 88% 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.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 80% 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 Greenwood Village
Crime costs Greenwood Village about $1,538 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% 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 $1,319 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$46
Rape
$740,000
$33
Robbery
$270,000
$12
Assault
$2.6 million
$117
Burglary
$840,000
$38
Theft
$3.9 million
$178
Vehicle theft
$2.1 million
$96
Arson
$75,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.9 million
$87
Total
$14 million
$611
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 Greenwood Village 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 Greenwood Village, CO average a SchoolGrade of A+: 61% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Greenwood Village on SchoolGrade
