Walnut Grove is a neighborhood of 7,080 residents in Broomfield · Updated November 2026
Is Walnut Grove in Broomfield safe?
Yes, crime in Walnut Grove is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Walnut Grove sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 41% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B-. Broomfield as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 785 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Walnut Grove as a whole, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Walnut Grove scores 785.
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 Walnut Grove, Broomfield, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Walnut Grove in Broomfield, 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 Walnut Grove
Car thefts run high for an A-graded neighborhood. Walnut Grove has 3.6 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 1.5.
Crime rates and types in Walnut Grove
CrimeGrade™ estimates Walnut Grove has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% less than the US as a whole and 18% less than Broomfield as a whole.
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 Walnut Grove, about 42% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Walnut Grove compares with nearby neighborhoods
Walnut Grove has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Walkability, night lighting and shops in Walnut Grove
Two things set Walnut Grove apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (5 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 3.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and assault runs low here.
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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.97% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.3.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.14% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Walnut Grove
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Walnut Grove about $731 a year per household, 39% 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 $4.4 million a year, or $625 per resident.
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 Walnut Grove 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 Walnut Grove, Broomfield, CO average a SchoolGrade of A: 51% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Walnut Grove on SchoolGrade
