Photo: Citycommunications at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0For property crime, Fort Collins trails 80% of U.S. towns per resident
Its two neighbors with figures both record less crime per resident. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crimes Fort Collins’ police reported through 2023 to 2025: #47 of 87 graded towns in Colorado, and #130 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. The graded rate fell 26% from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 2.9 violent crimes and 21.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 5.7 and 31.5 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 Fort Collins
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Colorado towns on Fort Collins’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Windsor (A), Timnath (B+). Neighbors ↓
Among Colorado towns, closer to the middle
Colorado’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Fort Collins’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 46% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 24% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Fort Collins’ police reported 4 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.6 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Colorado (5.5) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Colorado
29.0 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (44 reported in 2025), below the rest of Colorado (78.8) 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, Fort Collins reports less crime per resident than 60% (#130). Places like it ↓
A college town
Fort Collins is home to Colorado State University-Fort Collins, with 29,003 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 20% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. 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 Fort Collins’ 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 (2.9) 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Fort Collins | Rest of Colorado | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Fort Collins | Rest of Colorado | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.4 | 102 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 36.7 | 88.4 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 24.6 | 85.0 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 25.7 | 63.0 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Fort Collins’ police reported 4 homicides, 44 robberies and 491 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Fort Collins property | Rest of Colorado property | Fort Collins violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.1 | 39.7 | 3.2 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 24.4 | 35.9 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 21.6 | 32.1 | 2.7 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 17.5 | 26.4 | 2.9 | 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.
Crime in Fort Collins 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
3,484 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.
491 violent and 2,993 property, as reported to the FBI by Fort Collins’ police.
51 people died in crashes on Fort Collins’s roads in 2019–2023
Fort Collins had 51 fatal crashes in five years, in which 51 people died; 10 were pedestrians and 4 were cyclists. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Fort Collins and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Collins | C− | 2.9 | 21.1 |
| Windsor | A | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| Timnath | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Collins | C− | 2.9 | 21.1 |
| Arvada | C− | 2.7 | 24.5 |
| Thornton | C− | 2.6 | 26.9 |
| Westminster | D | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| Greeley | D | 6.4 | 29.2 |
| Lakewood | D− | 7.3 | 47.2 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Fort Collins’ population (171,500), 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 Fort Collins. 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 Fort Collins’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (171,159 in 2025); our figure for Fort Collins is 171,500 (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 Fort Collins
Is Fort Collins, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fort Collins reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #47 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 2.9 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 Fort Collins?
2.9 violent and 21.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.7 and 31.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Fort Collins in 2025?
Fort Collins’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Fort Collins safer than Windsor?
Windsor reports less crime per resident than Fort Collins: Windsor grades A for safety and Fort Collins C−. Windsor’s police reported 0.4 violent and 5.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fort Collins?
Fort Collins’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fort Collins”. 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.