Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0What is recorded in Federal Heights, and why there is no grade
Federal Heights’ police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Of the graded towns, Westminster is the closest, at D.
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Federal Heights’ police reported
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| Year | Federal Heights | Rest of Colorado | Federal Heights | Rest of Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35.5 | 39.2 | 8.4 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | not reported | 35.4 | not reported | 5.9 |
| 2024 | not reported | 31.7 | not reported | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 22.8 | 26.1 | 5.9 | 5.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Colorado. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
398 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.
82 violent and 316 property, as reported to the FBI by Federal Heights’ police.
The nearest Colorado towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster | D | 3 mi | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| Northglenn | D | 4 mi | 4.5 | 27.2 |
| Thornton | C− | 5 mi | 2.6 | 26.9 |
| Broomfield | C+ | 6 mi | 1.5 | 18.7 |
| Arvada | C− | 7 mi | 2.7 | 24.5 |
| Wheat Ridge | D | 8 mi | 3.9 | 42.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Federal Heights. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Federal Heights.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on Federal Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Federal Heights had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 Federal Heights’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Federal Heights’s own rate (7.1) 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.
Federal Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton | C− | 2.6 | 26.9 |
| Westminster | D | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| Sherrelwood | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sherrelwood is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Federal Heights. 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 Federal Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,867 in 2025); our figure for Federal Heights is 14,075 (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 Federal Heights
Is Federal Heights, CO safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Federal Heights. The nearest Colorado towns with a grade are Westminster (D, 3 mi), Northglenn (D, 4 mi), Thornton (C−, 5 mi).
Who polices Federal Heights?
Federal Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Federal Heights”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Federal Heights.
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.