The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Prospect-Shields

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Prospect-Shields. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

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F

$5.36 million

Cost of Crime™ for Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO

In 2025, crime will cost $1,962 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Prospect-Shields with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO Safe?

The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Prospect-Shields's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Prospect-Shields sits in the 5th percentile, ahead of 5% of neighborhoods and behind 95%. The grade covers only Prospect-Shields's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Prospect-Shields is 87.79 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 6 in the south areas to 1 in 15 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southeast parts of Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO report the most crime, about 93 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Prospect-Shields for 2025 is $5,364,305, about $1,025 per resident and $1,962 per household. That equals 3.6% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 61.4%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 27.0%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.6%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Prospect-Shields Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO: $1025
Lodo, Denver, CO: $1926
Briargate, Colorado Springs, C: $400
Colorado: $704
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Prospect-Shields is $1,025 per year, which is $560 more than the national average and $321 more than Fort Collins's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Prospect-Shields:
  • In Lodo, Denver, CO, crime costs $1,926 per person, which is $901 more than in Prospect-Shields.
  • In Briargate, Colorado Springs, C, crime costs $400 per person, which is $625 less than in Prospect-Shields

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Prospect-Shields for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Prospect-Shields
Cost per Prospect-Shields Resident
Murder
$1.11 million
$211
Rape/Sexual Assault
$322,068
$62
Robbery
$182,621
$35
Assault
$659,750
$126
Kidnapping
$95,518
$18
Vehicle Theft
$335,632
$64
Burglary
$400,178
$76
Theft
$884,823
$169
Arson
$40,387
$8
Vandalism
$1.07 million
$205
Animal Cruelty
$7,301
$1
Drug Crimes
$113,702
$22
Identity Theft
$143,548
$27
Total Cost of Crime
$5,364,305
$1,025

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Prospect-Shields totals $9,132,077 ($1,744 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $14,496,382 ($2,769 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The north part of the neighborhood holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of Prospect-Shields's 5,236 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Prospect-Shields Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Prospect-Shields residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
4.387
Robbery
1.109
Rape
1.014
Murder
0.1124
Total Violent Crime
6.623 (D+)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
32.63
Vehicle Theft
4.140
Burglary
8.426
Arson
0.3194
Total Property Crime
45.51 (D-)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.3009
Drug Crimes
2.936
Vandalism
28.69
Identity Theft
3.542
Animal Cruelty
0.1885
Total "Other" Rate
35.65 (F)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Prospect-Shields is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Prospect-Shields.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
F
C-
F
F
C-
F
D-
C+
D+
F
D
F
D-
C
D
D+
C
C-
C
B
B-
F
F
F
F
D-
F
D
C+
D+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Prospect-Shields is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
B
B+
B+
D
B
B
B+
C-
C-
D+
D+
D+
A+
A+
A+
B-
B+
B+
F
F
F
C+
A-
A-
D-
F
F
C+
D+
D+

Considering only the crime rate, Prospect-Shields is less safe than the Colorado state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Prospect-Shields, Fort Collins, CO average SchoolGrade of A-, with 56% actual proficiency versus 45% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Prospect-Shields schools on SchoolGrade

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