North Washington is an unincorporated community of 288 in Adams County, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver · Updated November 2026
Is North Washington, CO safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, North Washington has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime C+.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 636 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than North Washington as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. North Washington scores 636.
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 North Washington, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North Washington, 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 North Washington
Burglary stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; North Washington has 94.1.
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In North Washington, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 255.6 car thefts and 452.9 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in North Washington
CrimeGrade™ estimates North Washington has about 1,327 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for 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 North Washington, about 34% of everything reported, but vehicle theft 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.
How North Washington compares with nearby cities
North Washington has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Mountain View and Northglenn have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from North Washington. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, North Washington has more crime than 99% of them.
Crime costs North Washington about $26,169 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, more than triple 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 $16 million a year, or $54,473 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$890,000
$3,085
Rape
$300,000
$1,059
Robbery
$260,000
$911
Assault
$1.1 million
$3,688
Burglary
$240,000
$846
Theft
$670,000
$2,325
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$3,923
Arson
$47,000
$163
Vandalism
$480,000
$1,673
Total
$5.1 million
$17,674
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 North Washington 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 North Washington, CO average a SchoolGrade of F: 18% of students test proficient, against 14% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in North Washington on SchoolGrade
