Photo: Mvanderkolk · CC BY-SA 4.0Arvada reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Arvada’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #53 of 87 graded towns in Colorado, and #144 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CO” is every other Colorado city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Arvada
Arvada reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Colorado towns on Arvada’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Westminster (D), Wheat Ridge (D). Fairmount and Berkley are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Colorado towns, closer to the middle
Colorado’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Arvada’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 39% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 21% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Arvada’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.6 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Colorado (5.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Colorado
45.0 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (56 reported in 2025), below the rest of Colorado (77.7) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Arvada reports less crime per resident than 56% (#144). Places like it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Arvada’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Homicides and robberies
Arvada’s police reported 1 homicides, 56 robberies and 373 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Colorado and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Arvada | Rest of Colorado | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46.6 | 101 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 42.4 | 87.6 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 46.5 | 83.7 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 46.2 | 62.0 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Colorado.
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| Year | Arvada property | Rest of Colorado property | Arvada violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.3 | 39.4 | 2.6 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 26.0 | 35.7 | 2.2 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 24.8 | 31.9 | 2.9 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 22.8 | 26.2 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
3,143 crimes reported in 2025
373 violent and 2,770 property, as reported to the FBI by Arvada’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
21 people died in crashes on Arvada’s roads in 2019–2023
Arvada had 21 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Colorado towns of 100,000+ people (6.5, 13 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Arvada and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvada | C− | 2.7 | 24.5 |
| Fairmount | — | — | — |
| Wheat Ridge | D | 3.9 | 42.9 |
| Westminster | D | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| Berkley | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fairmount and Berkley are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Arvada. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Arvada’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (121,261 in 2025); our figure for Arvada is 122,901 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Arvada
Is Arvada, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Arvada reports more crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #53 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 2.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.7 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Arvada?
2.7 violent and 24.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.7 and 31.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Arvada?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Arvada in 2025?
Arvada’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Arvada safer than Wheat Ridge?
Wheat Ridge reports more crime per resident than Arvada: Wheat Ridge grades D for safety and Arvada C−. Wheat Ridge’s police reported 3.9 violent and 42.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Arvada?
Arvada’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Arvada”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.