Neighborhoods
Safest & Most Dangerous Denver Neighborhoods
Every Denver neighborhood graded on a consistent A-to-F safety scale, ranked from safest to highest-crime.
Overview
How Denver neighborhoods compare
Denver's 78 official neighborhoods vary enormously in reported crime. In general, the residential southeast and south-central neighborhoods — Washington Park, Cory-Merrill, University, Hilltop and Cherry Creek — grade among the safest, while higher reported crime tends to concentrate downtown and along commercial corridors such as East Colfax, Five Points, Capitol Hill, and the Globeville-Elyria-Swansea area. The rankings below are based on each area's overall crime score; use them as a starting point and always check the specific blocks you care about on the crime map.
Lowest crime
Safest neighborhoods in Denver
These Denver neighborhoods post the lowest overall crime scores in the city.
| # | Neighborhood | Grade | Population | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stapleton | A+ | 16,484 | $152,388 |
| 2 | McCoy Hills | A+ | 1,010 | $100,659 |
| 3 | Rooney Valley | A+ | 1,859 | $176,604 |
| 4 | Front Range Mobile Community | A+ | 1,681 | $57,397 |
| 5 | Bear Creek Village | A+ | 1,468 | $174,179 |
| 6 | Green Mountain Park | A+ | 2,014 | $181,560 |
| 7 | Cedar Bridge | A+ | 676 | $159,251 |
| 8 | Savory Farm | A+ | 349 | $160,735 |
| 9 | Country Club | A+ | 3,648 | $156,879 |
| 10 | Lakehurst | A+ | 921 | $96,047 |
| 11 | Home Farm | A+ | 143 | $154,341 |
| 12 | Country Club Highlands | A+ | 69 | $140,861 |
Highest crime
Highest-crime neighborhoods in Denver
These Denver neighborhoods report the highest overall crime scores. Many are commercial, nightlife or transit-heavy areas where daytime population far exceeds the residential count, which inflates per-resident rates.
| # | Neighborhood | Grade | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley | D+ | 1,164 |
| 2 | Mile High Stadium | D+ | 660 |
| 3 | Lincoln Park / La Alma | C+ | 7,237 |
| 4 | Skyland | B- | 3,849 |
| 5 | Curtis Park / Five Points | B- | 7,718 |
| 6 | Woodland Hills | B- | 1,185 |
| 7 | Sheridan | B- | 2,153 |
| 8 | Boulevard Gardens | B- | 3,485 |
| 9 | Whittier | B- | 5,886 |
| 10 | City Park West | B- | 5,879 |
| 11 | Dayton Triangle | B- | 8,658 |
| 12 | Goldsmith | B | 6,811 |
By ZIP code
Denver crime by ZIP code
ZIP codes ranked from safest to highest-crime.
| # | ZIP code | Grade | Population | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80266 | A+ | 473 | $121,385 |
| 2 | 80238 | A+ | 12,335 | $156,097 |
| 3 | 80209 | A+ | 24,728 | $115,545 |
| 4 | 80210 | A | 40,827 | $93,495 |
| 5 | 80228 | A | 32,977 | $101,175 |
| 6 | 80227 | A | 37,765 | $82,934 |
| 7 | 80206 | A | 26,354 | $92,407 |
| 8 | 80249 | A | 32,996 | $84,538 |
| 9 | 80234 | A | 29,089 | $84,621 |
| 10 | 80235 | A | 9,009 | $82,768 |
| 11 | 80237 | A | 21,379 | $87,228 |
| 12 | 80233 | A | 53,233 | $79,749 |
| 13 | 80212 | A | 21,751 | $76,049 |
| 14 | 80232 | A | 23,517 | $79,288 |
| 15 | 80222 | A | 23,286 | $68,917 |
| 16 | 80215 | A | 19,338 | $84,088 |
| 17 | 80220 | A | 40,376 | $100,077 |
| 18 | 80226 | A | 34,725 | $73,776 |
| 19 | 80218 | A | 22,727 | $65,905 |
| 20 | 80211 | A | 38,467 | $71,648 |
| 21 | 80230 | A | 9,490 | $110,317 |
| 22 | 80203 | A- | 21,629 | $56,502 |
| 23 | 80239 | A- | 45,663 | $66,513 |
| 24 | 80229 | A- | 56,539 | $64,242 |
| 25 | 80224 | A- | 22,025 | $62,300 |
| 26 | 80221 | A- | 42,901 | $59,041 |
| 27 | 80202 | A- | 11,518 | $84,554 |
| 28 | 80290 | A- | 108 | $73,295 |
| 29 | 80231 | A- | 37,873 | $61,485 |
| 30 | 80260 | A- | 35,331 | $57,181 |