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Boulder Crime Rate Report (Colorado)

Boulder crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Boulder for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Boulder in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 7.84% and the city property crime rate in Boulder was higher than the national property crime rate average by 55.44%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Boulder was lower than the violent crime rate in Colorado by 16.21% and the city property crime rate in Boulder was higher than the property crime rate in Colorado by 11.29%.

Property and Violent Crime
Boulder Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Boulder Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Boulder Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault251
Arson14
Burglary340
Larceny and Theft2,059
Motor Vehicle Theft140
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape70
Robbery52
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,725
Property Crime2,539
Violent Crime376
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault303
Arson27
Burglary419
Larceny and Theft2,315
Motor Vehicle Theft295
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape49
Robbery59
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,215
Property Crime3,029
Violent Crime415

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Boulder Property Crime

Boulder Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Boulder Crime 2025

Boulder Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Boulder Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Boulder Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Boulder, Colorado crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Boulder crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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