The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Gunnison County, CO
Gunnison County is home to 17,200 residents and includes Gunnison and Crested Butte · Updated November 2026
Is Gunnison County, CO safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Gunnison County: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gunnison County run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 965 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
92% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gunnison County as a whole, and 8% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gunnison County scores 965.
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 County, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gunnison 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 Gunnison County
Crime per resident runs higher than the grade. Gunnison County draws many workers, shoppers and visitors: it has 52 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. 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 County
Every part of Gunnison County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Gunnison County run from A+ to B; 67% 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.
Across the county, the northeast side has the least crime and the Gunnison area the most.
Crime rates and types in Gunnison County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gunnison County has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 34% 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 47% of crime reported in Gunnison County. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Gunnison County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Gunnison County, 2022 to 2024.
In Gunnison County, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
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 County compares with nearby counties
Gunnison County has less crime than 7 of its 9 nearest counties; only Hinsdale County and Ouray County have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Gunnison County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Gunnison County is safer than 59% of them.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Gunnison County
Two things set Gunnison County apart: it has 21.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 41% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.21.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of Americans
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.41% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% 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. 71% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 73% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 72% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.7.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 68% 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 Gunnison County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Gunnison County about $777 a year per household, 36% 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 $17 million a year, or $994 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$63
Rape
$320,000
$18
Robbery
$82,000
$5
Assault
$1.5 million
$89
Burglary
$310,000
$18
Theft
$1.3 million
$76
Vehicle theft
$210,000
$12
Arson
$57,000
$3
Vandalism
$630,000
$37
Total
$5.5 million
$321
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 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.
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 County, CO average a SchoolGrade of B: 43% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Gunnison County on SchoolGrade
