West Colfax, Denver, CO Violent Crime Rates and Maps
West Colfax is a neighborhood of 12,000 residents in Denver, about 3 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in West Colfax?
West Colfax grades F for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live. Assaults make up 84% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Denver as a whole grades C for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than West Colfax as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. West Colfax scores 0.
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 West Colfax, Denver, CO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West Colfax in Denver, 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 West Colfax
Reported rapes run high for a neighborhood with an F for violent crime. West Colfax has 1.5 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded F for violent crime, the figure is 0.61.
Robberies and aggravated assaults both run high. In West Colfax, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 2.8 robberies and 10.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.6 nationally.
How West Colfax compares within Denver
High violent crime is widespread across West Colfax: 77% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Violent crime grades across West Colfax run from C to F.
23%77%
C 23%D or F 77%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
West Colfax has less violent crime than 5 of the 53 neighborhoods in Denver. It covers much of the Lodo, West Colfax, and Villa Park areas.
Is violent crime going up in Denver?
Reported violent crime in Denver as a whole has risen 29% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.6 to 9.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
DenverUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Denver. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Denver
Violent, US
2016
-13%
+4%
2017
-10%
+4%
2018
-2%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+17%
+4%
2021
+28%
+6%
2022
+40%
+5%
2023
+33%
+2%
2024
+29%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in West Colfax
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Colfax has about 28 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 36% more than Denver as a whole.
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 West Colfax, about 84% 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 Denver
The Denver Police Department polices West Colfax; these figures cover Denver as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Denver as a whole, 44% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 36% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (44%)
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 West Colfax and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to West Colfax, 7 have less violent crime. West Highland and Sloan Lake have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from West Colfax. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, West Colfax has more violent crime than 85% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets West Colfax apart: it has a Walk Grade of B (64 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more assault, and it runs high 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 assault.B (64 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 69% 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.71% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 61% 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 violent crime costs West Colfax
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs West Colfax about $50 million a year, or $4,131 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $9.8 million, or $816 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
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
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.
