The crimes the grade counts fell 33% per resident in Broomfield from 2023 to 2025
Across all the graded crimes, Broomfield lands on C+ (#36 of 87 graded towns in Colorado): more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, 3 of the 7 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Each year brought 1.5 violent crimes and 18.7 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (5.6 and 31.3 in the rest of Colorado).
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 Broomfield
3 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Colorado towns on Broomfield’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Erie (B+), Dacono (B), Louisville (C+), Lafayette (C−), Thornton (C−), Westminster (D), Northglenn (D). Superior has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Colorado towns, closer to the middle
Colorado’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Broomfield’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 36% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Broomfield’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Broomfield’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Broomfield property | Rest of Colorado property | Broomfield violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.2 | 39.4 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 22.8 | 35.7 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 18.6 | 31.9 | 1.5 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 14.9 | 26.3 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Colorado.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Broomfield | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Broomfield’s police reported 358 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Broomfield per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,299 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
118 violent and 1,181 property, as reported to the FBI by Broomfield’s police.
25 people died in crashes on Broomfield’s roads in 2019–2023
Broomfield had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 25 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Colorado towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.6, 21 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.
Broomfield and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broomfield | C+ | 1.5 | 18.7 |
| Westminster | D | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| Thornton | C− | 2.6 | 26.9 |
| Superior | — | — | — |
| Lafayette | C− | 2.5 | 24.0 |
| Erie | B+ | 0.5 | 8.6 |
| Louisville | C+ | 1.3 | 18.5 |
| Northglenn | D | 4.5 | 27.2 |
| Dacono | B | 1.3 | 9.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Superior has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broomfield | C+ | 1.5 | 18.7 |
| Castle Rock | B+ | 0.3 | 10.3 |
| Parker | C+ | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Loveland | C | 2.9 | 19.2 |
| Grand Junction | D | 5.3 | 29.0 |
| Commerce City | D | 7.7 | 27.3 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Broomfield’s population (79,174), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Broomfield. 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 Broomfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (79,451 in 2025); our figure for Broomfield is 79,174 (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 Broomfield
Is Broomfield, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Broomfield reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #36 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 1.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Broomfield?
1.5 violent and 18.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.6 and 31.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Broomfield in 2025?
Broomfield’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Broomfield safer than Westminster?
Westminster reports more crime per resident than Broomfield: Westminster grades D for safety and Broomfield C+. Westminster’s police reported 3.0 violent and 33.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Broomfield?
Broomfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Broomfield”. 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.