The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pueblo, CO
Pueblo is the tenth-largest city in Colorado, with 125,600 residents in Pueblo County · Updated November 2026
Is Pueblo, CO safe?
Crime in Pueblo is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Pueblo. Violent and property crime both grade C here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pueblo run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
C
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 399 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pueblo as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pueblo scores 399.
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 Pueblo, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pueblo, 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 Pueblo
Reported rape stands out among C-graded cities. For the typical resident of a C-graded US city, the figure is 0.30 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Pueblo has 1.3.
One part of Pueblo stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Mesa Junction & Downtown Pueblo, in central Pueblo, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run high. In Pueblo, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 10.7 car thefts and 9.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Pueblo
Safety changes a lot from one part of Pueblo to the next: 25% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 60% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Pueblo run from A+ to F; 8% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
25%15%60%
A or B 25%C 15%D or F 60%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Regency, Beulah Heights & Sunset, southwestBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Pueblo.C+532
2Hyde Park & Sky View, northwestBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Pueblo.C+501
3Aberdeen, westClose to the rest of Pueblo on most crimes.C415
4Northside & Ridge, northRobberies run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Pueblo.C-383
5Belmont, Eastwood & University-Pueblo, northeastClose to the rest of Pueblo on most crimes.C-337
6East Side & Lower East Side, eastRobberies run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Pueblo.D-145
7Mesa Junction & Downtown Pueblo, centralCar thefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Pueblo.F0
8Bessemer, southCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Pueblo.F0
Neighborhood areas of Pueblo, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Pueblo?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Pueblo is up 50%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.5 to 14 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 46 to 49 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
PuebloUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pueblo. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pueblo
Violent, US
Property, Pueblo
Property, US
2016
+4%
+4%
+48%
+15%
2017
+12%
+4%
+34%
+12%
2018
+7%
+0%
+23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+13%
+4%
+3%
-8%
2021
+35%
+6%
+27%
-10%
2022
+74%
+5%
+42%
-6%
2023
+56%
+2%
+25%
-7%
2024
+50%
-4%
+8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pueblo
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pueblo has about 81 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 71% 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 makes up about 34% of crime reported in Pueblo. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far 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 Pueblo
Pueblo has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pueblo, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 38% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (59%)
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 Pueblo compares with nearby cities
Pueblo has the most crime of its 2 nearest cities.
Pueblo looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Pueblo: D (15 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 77% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% 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.91% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 58% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.38 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 57% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Pueblo on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Pueblo
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pueblo about $2,968 a year per household, more than double the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $151 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $553 million a year, or $4,402 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$33 million
$261
Rape
$9.7 million
$77
Robbery
$7.6 million
$61
Assault
$39 million
$309
Burglary
$8.6 million
$69
Theft
$18 million
$141
Vehicle theft
$21 million
$165
Arson
$1.4 million
$11
Vandalism
$14 million
$112
Total
$151 million
$1,205
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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo, CO average a SchoolGrade of D-: 27% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Pueblo on SchoolGrade
