Sheridan is a city of 6,330 in Arapahoe County, about 7 miles south of downtown Denver · Updated November 2026
Is Sheridan, CO safe?
Crime in Sheridan is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 80% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Sheridan. Violent crime grades B- and property crime C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Sheridan run from B to D, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 539 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
20% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sheridan as a whole, and 80% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sheridan scores 539.
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 Sheridan, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sheridan, 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 Sheridan
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In Sheridan, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 11.6 car thefts and 48.9 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Sheridan, 62% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Sheridan
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sheridan has about 100 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double 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 Sheridan, about 49% of everything reported, but assault 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 Sheridan
Sheridan 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: 63% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (43%)
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 Sheridan compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Sheridan, 8 have less crime. Cherry Hills Village and Columbine Valley have the least.
Two things set Sheridan apart: it has 30.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 142 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that 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.30.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.142 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% 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. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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.49% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% 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 Sheridan
Crime costs Sheridan about $2,870 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, more than double 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 $21 million a year, or $3,328 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$189
Rape
$160,000
$26
Robbery
$210,000
$34
Assault
$1.7 million
$274
Burglary
$380,000
$59
Theft
$1.6 million
$251
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$178
Arson
$42,000
$7
Vandalism
$650,000
$102
Total
$7.1 million
$1,120
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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan, CO average a SchoolGrade of D-: 23% of students test proficient, against 18% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Sheridan on SchoolGrade
