Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Colorado Springs records more crime than 94% of U.S. towns
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Year on year, 7.0 violent crimes and 33.8 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.4 and 30.7 in the rest of Colorado State. What’s more, its Safety Grade is D, on crimes Colorado Springs’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #74 of 87 graded towns in Colorado State, and #256 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. The crimes the grade counts fell 16% 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 State 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 Colorado Springs
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Colorado State towns on Colorado Springs’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Manitou Springs (C), Fountain (C−). Stratmoor, Security-Widefield, Black Forest and Gleneagle are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Colorado Springs’ police reported 24 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 5.8 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of Colorado State (5.2) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: about the same as the rest of Colorado State
72.8 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (321 reported in 2025), about the same as the rest of Colorado State (77.3) and about the same as 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, Colorado Springs reports less crime per resident than 21% (#256). Places like 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 Colorado Springs’ 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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Colorado Springs property | Rest of Colorado State property | Colorado Springs violent | Rest of Colorado State violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.0 | 39.9 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 36.9 | 35.2 | 6.9 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 34.5 | 31.3 | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| 2025 | 29.9 | 25.6 | 6.8 | 4.8 |
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 State.
Crime in Colorado Springs 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 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Colorado Springs | Rest of Colorado State | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Colorado Springs | Rest of Colorado State | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 74.8 | 103 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 76.4 | 87.6 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 77.5 | 83.3 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 64.6 | 61.1 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Colorado Springs’ police reported 24 homicides, 321 robberies and 3,371 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Colorado State and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
18,230 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.
3,371 violent and 14,859 property, as reported to the FBI by Colorado Springs’ police.
244 people died in crashes on Colorado Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Colorado Springs had 236 fatal crashes in five years, in which 244 people died; 45 were pedestrians and 11 were cyclists. 18 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Colorado State 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.
Colorado Springs and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs | D | 7.0 | 33.8 |
| Stratmoor | — | — | — |
| Security-Widefield | — | — | — |
| Black Forest | — | — | — |
| Manitou Springs | C | 2.6 | 15.6 |
| Gleneagle | — | — | — |
| Fountain | C− | 4.5 | 18.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stratmoor, Security-Widefield, Black Forest and Gleneagle are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Colorado State towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs | D | 7.0 | 33.8 |
| Aurora | D− | 8.9 | 30.9 |
| Denver | D− | 9.6 | 48.6 |
The five graded Colorado State towns closest to Colorado Springs’ population (494,743), 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 Colorado Springs. 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 Colorado Springs’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (496,560 in 2025); our figure for Colorado Springs is 494,743 (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 Colorado Springs
Is Colorado Springs, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Colorado Springs reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #74 of 87 in Colorado State. Its police reported 7.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Colorado State and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Colorado Springs?
7.0 violent and 33.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado State reports 5.4 and 30.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Colorado Springs in 2025?
Colorado Springs’s police reported 24 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Colorado Springs safer than Manitou Springs?
Manitou Springs reports less crime per resident than Colorado Springs: Manitou Springs grades C for safety and Colorado Springs D. Manitou Springs’s police reported 2.6 violent and 15.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Colorado Springs?
Colorado Springs’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Colorado Springs”. 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.