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Cortez Crime Rate Report (Colorado)

Cortez crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Cortez for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Cortez in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 74.94% and the city property crime rate in Cortez was higher than the national property crime rate average by 35.99%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Cortez was higher than the violent crime rate in Colorado by 35.93% and the city property crime rate in Cortez was lower than the property crime rate in Colorado by 2.63%.

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

Cortez Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault24
Arson1
Burglary10
Larceny and Theft173
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape23
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)210
Property Crime193
Violent Crime53
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault31
Arson4
Burglary29
Larceny and Theft210
Motor Vehicle Theft28
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape23
Robbery8
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)284
Property Crime267
Violent Crime63

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Cortez Property Crime

Cortez Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Cortez Crime 2025

Cortez Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Cortez Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Cortez Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Cortez, 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 Cortez crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 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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