Fort Collins, CO Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Fort Collins, CO Summary

Crime in Fort Collins research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Fort Collins over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Fort Collins:

  • There were 4,919 total crimes committed in Fort Collins the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,927.2 total crimes per 100K people in Fort Collins.
  • The overall crime rate in Fort Collins is 25.94% above the national average.
  • Fort Collins ranks #96 safest out of 149 cities in Colorado.
  • Fort Collins ranks #8,043 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Fort Collins Vs Colorado And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fort Collins is 2,927.2 per 100,000 people. That's 25.94% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -10.12% lower than the Colorado total crime rate of 3,256.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fort Collins
/ 100k People
Colorado
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 4,919 2,927.2 3,256.9 2,324.2
Murder 2 1.2 5.1 6.3
Robbery 46 27.4 68.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 436 259.5 286.9 268.2
Violent Crime 540 321.3 423.1 369.8
Burglary 411 244.6 400.3 269.8
Larceny 3,493 2,078.6 1,909.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 475 282.7 524.3 282.7
Property Crime 4,379 2,605.8 2,833.8 1,954.4

Fort Collins Crime Compared To Colorado Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Colorado.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Fort Collins

540
Violent Crimes
321.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-13.10%
Below The National Average
  • There were 540 violent crimes in Fort Collins in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fort Collins is 321.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 311.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fort Collins each year. That compares to a 1 in 236.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -13.10% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -24.04% lower than the Colorado violent crime rate of 423.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fort Collins

4,379
Property Crimes
2,605.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
33.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 4,379 property crimes in Fort Collins in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fort Collins is 2,605.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 38.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fort Collins each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 33.33% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -8.05% lower than the Colorado property crime rate of 2,833.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fort Collins

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Greeley, CO 109,258 4,091 3,744.3 3,162.2 582.1
Loveland, CO 77,770 2,330 2,996.0 2,663.0 333.0
Windsor, CO 38,498 232 602.6 574.1 28.6
Severance, CO 11,574 32 276.5 172.8 103.7
Timnath, CO 9,063 119 1,313.0 1,246.8 66.2
Milliken, CO 8,948 39 435.9 413.5 22.4
Johnstown, NY 8,183 138 1,686.4 1,564.2 122.2
Ault, CO 2,913 8 274.6 206.0 68.7

Fort Collins SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
9
Education
9.5
Commute
8.5
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