The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Gunnison, CO
Gunnison is a city of 10,700 in Gunnison County, about 50 miles east of downtown Montrose · Updated November 2026
Is Gunnison, CO safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Gunnison: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gunnison run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 920 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gunnison as a whole, and 26% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gunnison scores 920.
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 Gunnison, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gunnison, 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 Gunnison
Crime per resident runs higher than the grade. Gunnison draws many workers, shoppers and visitors: it has 17.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Crimes against them are counted against the few who live here, so crime per resident looks higher than the CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ counts everyone who spends time here.
The safest and least safe parts of Gunnison
Every part of Gunnison where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Gunnison run from A+ to B; 47% 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 Gunnison, the northeast side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Gunnison?
Reported property crime in Gunnison has risen 99% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 38 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 42%.
Property crime, change since 2019
GunnisonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Gunnison. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Gunnison
Property, US
2016
+90%
+15%
2017
+44%
+12%
2018
+49%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+15%
-8%
2021
+23%
-10%
2022
+44%
-6%
2023
+99%
-7%
2024
+183%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Gunnison
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gunnison has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 9% 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 Gunnison, about 55% 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 Gunnison
Gunnison has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 Gunnison compares with nearby cities
Gunnison has the most crime of its 2 nearest cities.
Two things set Gunnison apart: it has 17.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% 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.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 87% 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. 68% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 75% of US city residents
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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.58% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 83% 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.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 64% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 54% 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 Gunnison
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Gunnison about $917 a year per household, 24% less 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 $10 million a year, or $938 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$400,000
$37
Rape
$210,000
$20
Robbery
$58,000
$5
Assault
$1.1 million
$104
Burglary
$170,000
$16
Theft
$1.2 million
$115
Vehicle theft
$150,000
$14
Arson
$22,000
$2
Vandalism
$470,000
$44
Total
$3.8 million
$358
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 Gunnison 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 Gunnison, CO average a SchoolGrade of C+: 37% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Gunnison on SchoolGrade
