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Sterling Crime Rate Report (Colorado)

Sterling crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Sterling for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Sterling in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 15.73% and the city property crime rate in Sterling was higher than the national property crime rate average by 46.4%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Sterling was lower than the violent crime rate in Colorado by 34.53% and the city property crime rate in Sterling was higher than the property crime rate in Colorado but only by 4.82%.

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

Sterling Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault30
Arson6
Burglary40
Larceny and Theft225
Motor Vehicle Theft28
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape4
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)321
Property Crime293
Violent Crime36
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault37
Arson4
Burglary47
Larceny and Theft270
Motor Vehicle Theft25
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)370
Property Crime342
Violent Crime42

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Sterling Property Crime

Sterling Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Sterling Crime 2025

Sterling Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Sterling Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Sterling Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Sterling, 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 Sterling crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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