Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0In Fort Lupton, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 48% per resident from 2023 to 2025
2 of the 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Across all the graded crimes, Fort Lupton lands on C (#45 of 87 graded towns in Colorado): more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 3.5 violent crimes and 17.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 5.6 and 31.1 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 Lupton
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Colorado towns on Fort Lupton’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Dacono (B), Firestone (B), Brighton (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Colorado towns, closer to the middle
Colorado’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Fort Lupton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 48% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 26% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Lupton’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.5) 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 (17.1) 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 | Fort Lupton property | Rest of Colorado property | Fort Lupton violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.2 | 39.2 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 24.3 | 35.4 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 15.0 | 31.7 | 2.7 | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 12.8 | 26.1 | 2.6 | 5.0 |
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 Lupton 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fort Lupton | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fort Lupton’s police reported 103 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
161 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.
27 violent and 134 property, as reported to the FBI by Fort Lupton’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Fort Lupton’s roads in 2019–2023
Fort Lupton had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 24.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Colorado towns of 5,000–25,000 people (3.5, 81 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 Lupton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lupton | C | 3.5 | 17.1 |
| Dacono | B | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| Firestone | B | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| Brighton | D | 4.6 | 24.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lupton | C | 3.5 | 17.1 |
| Timnath | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| Rifle | C+ | 2.9 | 12.0 |
| Delta | C− | 1.8 | 31.5 |
| Glenwood Springs | D | 3.6 | 38.8 |
| Alamosa | D− | 8.4 | 46.7 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Fort Lupton’s population (10,402), 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 Lupton. 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 Fort Lupton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,504 in 2025); our figure for Fort Lupton is 10,402 (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 Lupton
Is Fort Lupton, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fort Lupton reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #45 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 3.5 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 Fort Lupton?
3.5 violent and 17.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.6 and 31.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Fort Lupton safer than Dacono?
Dacono reports less crime per resident than Fort Lupton: Dacono grades B for safety and Fort Lupton C. Dacono’s police reported 1.3 violent and 9.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fort Lupton?
Fort Lupton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fort Lupton”. 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.