Photo: Photolitherland Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Cañon City reports more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade is D, on crimes Cañon City’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #65 of 87 graded towns in Colorado. Behind the grade sit 5.0 violent crimes and 30.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 5.6 and 31.0 in the rest of Colorado. By contrast, it has more violent crime than 88% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 91%. The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 Cañon City
Among Colorado towns, closer to the middle
Colorado’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Cañon City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 25% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 10% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Cañon City’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.
Crime in Cañon City 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 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Cañon City | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cañon City’s police reported 260 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Cañon City property | Rest of Colorado property | Cañon City violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.3 | 39.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 39.1 | 35.4 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 18.2 | 31.7 | 2.6 | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 33.5 | 26.1 | 8.1 | 5.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Colorado.
718 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.
140 violent and 578 property, as reported to the FBI by Cañon City’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Cañon City’s roads in 2019–2023
Cañon City had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Colorado towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Cañon City’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cañon City’s own rate (3.5) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Cañon City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cañon City | D | 5.0 | 30.3 |
| Lincoln Park | — | — | — |
| Park Center | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lincoln Park and Park Center are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cañon City | D | 5.0 | 30.3 |
| Frederick | A− | 0.9 | 6.5 |
| Firestone | B | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| Golden | C | 1.4 | 23.4 |
| Greenwood Village | D− | 3.8 | 60.8 |
| Lone Tree | D− | 4.2 | 103.5 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Cañon City’s population (17,030), 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 Cañon City. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Cañon City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,257 in 2025); our figure for Cañon City is 17,030 (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 Cañon City
Is Cañon City, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cañon City reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #65 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 5.0 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 Cañon City?
5.0 violent and 30.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.6 and 31.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Cañon City?
Cañon City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Canon City”. 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.