Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Centennial fell 32% from 2023 to 2025
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.8 violent crimes and 16.5 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 5.7 and 31.4 in the rest of Colorado. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Centennial at C+ (#34 of 87 graded towns in Colorado, and #65 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns.
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 Centennial
Centennial reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Colorado towns on Centennial’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Littleton (C−), Aurora (D−), Greenwood Village (D−). Dove Valley, Inverness, Cherry Creek and Highlands Ranch 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 Centennial’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 61% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 38% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Centennial’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
20.9 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (19 reported in 2025), below the rest of Colorado (78.2) 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, Centennial reports less crime per resident than 80% (#65). Places like it ↓
A job center
Centennial has 71,099 jobs based in town for 108,658 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Centennial’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 (1.8) 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. Its property rate (16.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Centennial property | Rest of Colorado property | Centennial violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.1 | 39.6 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 19.5 | 35.8 | 2.1 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 17.1 | 32.1 | 1.7 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 13.1 | 26.4 | 1.6 | 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.
Homicides and robberies
Show as a table
| Year | Centennial | Rest of Colorado | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.1 | 102 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 24.8 | 87.9 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 20.7 | 84.2 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 17.4 | 62.7 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Centennial’s police reported 1 homicides, 19 robberies and 178 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.
Crime in Centennial 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.
1,603 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.
178 violent and 1,425 property, as reported to the FBI by Centennial’s police.
18 people died in crashes on Centennial’s roads in 2019–2023
Centennial had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.3 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.
Centennial and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | C+ | 1.8 | 16.5 |
| Aurora | D− | 8.9 | 30.9 |
| Dove Valley | — | — | — |
| Greenwood Village | D− | 3.8 | 60.8 |
| Littleton | C− | 2.2 | 24.6 |
| Inverness | — | — | — |
| Cherry Creek | — | — | — |
| Highlands Ranch | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dove Valley, Inverness, Cherry Creek and Highlands Ranch are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | C+ | 1.8 | 16.5 |
| Arvada | C− | 2.7 | 24.5 |
| Boulder | C− | 3.4 | 27.2 |
| Westminster | D | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| Greeley | D | 6.4 | 29.2 |
| Pueblo | D− | 11.3 | 40.9 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Centennial’s population (108,658), 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 Centennial. 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 Centennial’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (109,020 in 2025); our figure for Centennial is 108,658 (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 Centennial
Is Centennial, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Centennial reports more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #34 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 1.8 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 Centennial?
1.8 violent and 16.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.7 and 31.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Centennial in 2025?
Centennial’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Centennial safer than Aurora?
Aurora reports more crime per resident than Centennial: Aurora grades D− for safety and Centennial C+. Aurora’s police reported 8.9 violent and 30.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Centennial?
Centennial’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Centennial”. 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.