Fort Collins, CO Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	F

Which crimes are included?

$68.1 million

Cost of Crime™ for Fort Collins, CO

In 2025, violent crime will cost $776 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Fort Collins with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Fort Collins against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Fort Collins sits in the 16th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 16% of cities and behind 84%. The grade covers only Fort Collins's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Fort Collins is 5.445 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 113 in the north neighborhoods to 1 in 263 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of Fort Collins, CO report the most violent crime, about 243 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 58 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Fort Collins, CO

The tangible cost of violent crime in Fort Collins is projected at $68,080,528 for 2025, about $331 per resident and $776 per household. That equals 0.7% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 44.0%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 41.8%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.1%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Fort Collins Compared to Other Cities?

Fort Collins, CO:	$331
Aspen, CO:	$886
Frederick, CO:	$138
Colorado:	$319
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $331 per resident each year in Fort Collins, which is $73 more than the national average and $12 more than Colorado's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Fort Collins:

In Aspen, CO, crime costs $886 per person, which is $555 more than in Fort Collins.
In Frederick, CO, crime costs $138 per person, which is $193 less than in Fort Collins

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Fort Collins, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Fort Collins	Cost per Fort Collins Resident
Murder	$29.0 million	$141
Rape/Sexual Assault	$13.0 million	$63
Robbery	$5.66 million	$28
Assault	$20.4 million	$99
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$68,080,528	$331

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Fort Collins, CO

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Fort Collins totals $262,890,918 ($1,278 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $330,971,446 ($1,609 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Fort Collins, CO, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the south part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Fort Collins Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Fort Collins residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	3.451
Robbery	0.8756
Rape	1.043
Murder	0.0751
Total Violent Crime	5.445 (D)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Fort Collins is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Fort Collins.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Timnath, CO	A-	B+	A
Laporte, CO	D-	D+	D-
Windsor, CO	C+	B	C
Loveland, CO	F	D+	F
Wellington, CO	B-	C+	B
Severance, CO	B	B+	B-
Cedar Cove, CO	D+	D	C
Bellvue, CO	F	C-	F
Masonville, CO	D	F	D+
Olympus Heights, CO	D-	F	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Fort Collins is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Topeka, KS	D-	D	D
Utica, NY	C-	D-	D-
Traverse City, MI	B-	C	C
Tulare, CA	C+	C-	C-
Ventura, CA	D	D	D
Tracy, CA	B	C-	C-
Troy, MI	C+	B	B
Tulsa, OK	D	D+	D+
Vacaville, CA	C-	C-	C-
Tyler, TX	D	D+	D+

Considering only the violent crime rate, Fort Collins is as safe as the Colorado state average and less safe than the national average.

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