Summit County is home to 31,000 residents and includes Silverthorne and Breckenridge · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Summit County?
Summit County has less violent crime than most US neighborhoods: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Assaults make up 92% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
A+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 927 of 1,000Less violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Summit County as a whole, and 27% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Summit County scores 927.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Summit County, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Summit County, 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 about violent crime in Summit County
Reported rapes run above the US rate. Summit County has less violent crime than the US as a whole, 20% below the US rate, but more reported rapes: 0.75 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
Aggravated assault runs low. Summit County has 0.96 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.6.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Summit County
Every part of Summit County where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Summit County run from A+ to A.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Summit County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is violent crime going up in Summit County?
Reported violent crime in Summit County has fallen 23% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.4 to 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Summit CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Summit County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Summit County
Violent, US
2016
-11%
+4%
2017
+4%
+4%
2018
+18%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-22%
+4%
2021
-9%
+6%
2022
-15%
+5%
2023
-26%
+2%
2024
-23%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Summit County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Summit County has about 11 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% less than the US as a whole and close to Colorado.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Summit County, about 92% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Summit County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Summit County, 2022 to 2024.
In Summit County, 41% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Aggravated assault
Homes (41%)
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.
Violent crime in Summit County and nearby counties
Summit County has more violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest counties. Park County and Grand County have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Summit County. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Summit County has more violent crime than 70% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Summit County apart: it has 79 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.79 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 73% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Summit County: D- (10 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 70% of Americans
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 violent crime costs Summit County
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Summit County about $20 million a year, or $648 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $5.1 million, or $164 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 75% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$720,000
$23
Rape
$1.4 million
$45
Robbery
$110,000
$4
Assault
$2.8 million
$92
Total
$5.1 million
$164
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
