Littleton, CO Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Littleton, CO Summary

Crime in Littleton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Littleton 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 Littleton:

  • There were 1,567 total crimes committed in Littleton the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,496.1 total crimes per 100K people in Littleton.
  • The overall crime rate in Littleton is 50.42% above the national average.
  • Littleton ranks #111 safest out of 149 cities in Colorado.
  • Littleton ranks #8,610 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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Littleton Vs Colorado And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Littleton is 3,496.1 per 100,000 people. That's 50.42% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 7.35% higher than the Colorado total crime rate of 3,256.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Littleton
/ 100k People
Colorado
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,567 3,496.1 3,256.9 2,324.2
Murder 1 2.2 5.1 6.3
Robbery 22 49.1 68.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 56 124.9 286.9 268.2
Violent Crime 110 245.4 423.1 369.8
Burglary 269 600.2 400.3 269.8
Larceny 881 1,965.6 1,909.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 307 684.9 524.3 282.7
Property Crime 1,457 3,250.7 2,833.8 1,954.4

Littleton 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 Littleton

110
Violent Crimes
245.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-33.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 110 violent crimes in Littleton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Littleton is 245.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 407.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Littleton each year. That compares to a 1 in 236.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -33.63% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -41.99% lower than the Colorado violent crime rate of 423.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Littleton

1,457
Property Crimes
3,250.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
66.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,457 property crimes in Littleton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Littleton is 3,250.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 30.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Littleton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 66.33% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 14.71% higher than the Colorado property crime rate of 2,833.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Littleton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Denver, CO 705,264 52,881 7,498.0 6,428.2 1,069.8
Aurora, CO 392,134 20,810 5,306.9 4,229.4 1,077.4
Englewood, CO 33,452 2,664 7,963.6 7,150.5 813.1
Wheat Ridge, CO 33,104 1,811 5,470.6 5,077.9 392.7
Federal Heights, CO 13,987 614 4,389.8 3,546.1 843.6
Sheridan, CO 5,964 663 11,116.7 10,211.3 905.4
Columbine Valley, CO 1,528 23 1,505.2 1,505.2 0.0
Greenwood, DE 1,062 13 1,224.1 1,224.1 0.0

Littleton SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
6
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