Crime reports from the Boulder Police Department, mapped by block. Source: Boulder Police Department data from City of Boulder open data. Boulder updates its file weekly. Search a street, filter by type, or download the list as a spreadsheet.
In 2025, Boulder police reported 377 violent crimes (354 per 100,000 residents), including 3 murders, 52 robberies and 251 aggravated assaults, plus 2,566 property crimes, according to FBI data.
Population covered: 106,426. Violent-crime rate rank: 7 of 13 large Colorado cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency CO0070100, January–December 2025.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo | 1,177 | 1,306 | 11 | 4,296 | Totals |
| Denver | 881 | 6,463 | 44 | 4,119 | Totals |
| Aurora | 763 | 3,108 | 36 | 2,462 | Totals |
| Colorado Springs | 690 | 3,428 | 25 | 3,002 | Live |
| Lakewood | 675 | 1,060 | 8 | 4,494 | Totals |
| Greeley | 630 | 729 | 10 | 2,887 | Totals |
| Boulder | 354 | 377 | 3 | 2,411 | Live |
| Longmont | 350 | 350 | 1 | 2,413 | Totals |
| Arvada | 307 | 372 | 7 | 2,289 | Totals |
| Fort Collins | 289 | 494 | 4 | 1,751 | Totals |
| Westminster | 288 | 331 | 5 | 2,905 | Totals |
| Thornton | 251 | 371 | 2 | 2,266 | Totals |
| Centennial | 192 | 209 | 1 | 1,410 | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
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Boulder's violent-crime rate of 354 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 18% lower than the Colorado rate (434) and 11% higher than the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 282 residents, or about 7.3 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Boulder ranks 203rd for violent crime, in the lower half, and 215th for murder (3 murders, 2.8 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 67% of Boulder's violent crimes and robberies 14%, close to the national robbery share of 15%.
Property crime ran 2,411 per 100,000, 10% higher than Colorado overall. Boulder police logged 140 vehicle thefts (132 per 100,000, 257th of 351; Colorado: 312) and 345 burglaries (324 per 100,000, 13% higher than the state).
The closest city we cover is Longmont, 13 miles northeast; its violent-crime rate (350) is about even with Boulder's.
Out-of-state cities near Boulder's size (106,426 residents): West Covina, CA at 214 violent crimes per 100,000 and Woodbridge, NJ at 139.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Boulder had 354 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 18% lower than the statewide 434. It is 7th highest of the 13 Colorado cities on this site; Pueblo is highest at 1,177. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Boulder police reported 3 murders for 2025, a rate of 2.8 per 100,000 residents. The Colorado rate was 3.9 and the national rate 4.1.
140 vehicles were reported stolen in Boulder in 2025, 132 per 100,000 residents. That is 32% lower than the national rate of 195 and ranks 257th of 351 cities on this site.