Photo: Pi3.124 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fountain reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Fountain’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #54 of 87 graded towns in 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 Fountain
Fountain reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Colorado towns on Fountain’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Colorado Springs (D). Security-Widefield, Stratmoor and Fort Carson 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 Fountain’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 38% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 19% 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 Fountain’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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Fountain property | Rest of Colorado property | Fountain violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.1 | 39.3 | 3.4 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 35.5 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 18.9 | 31.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 16.8 | 26.1 | 3.7 | 5.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 17 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Fountain’s police reported 385 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Fountain | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
600 crimes reported in 2025
108 violent and 492 property, as reported to the FBI by Fountain’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
13 people died in crashes on Fountain’s roads in 2019–2023
Fountain had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (9 of 13) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 8.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Colorado towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.6, 21 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.
Fountain and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain | C− | 4.5 | 18.7 |
| Security-Widefield | — | — | — |
| Stratmoor | — | — | — |
| Fort Carson | — | — | — |
| Colorado Springs | D | 7.0 | 33.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Security-Widefield, Stratmoor and Fort Carson are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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 Fountain. 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 Fountain’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,357 in 2025); our figure for Fountain is 29,450 (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 Fountain
Is Fountain, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fountain reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #54 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 4.5 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 Fountain?
4.5 violent and 18.7 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 crime going up or down in Fountain?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Fountain in 2025?
Fountain’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Fountain safer than Colorado Springs?
Colorado Springs reports more crime per resident than Fountain: Colorado Springs grades D for safety and Fountain C−. Colorado Springs’s police reported 7.0 violent and 33.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fountain?
Fountain’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fountain”. 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.