Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Who polices Ken Caryl, and what they report
Ken Caryl has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Ken Caryl alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Ken Caryl
Policed by the county
Ken Caryl is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Ken Caryl. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Colorado towns with their own police figures are Littleton (C−, 5 mi), Sheridan (D−, 7 mi), Englewood (D−, 8 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ken Caryl. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Jefferson County without police of their own, which include Ken Caryl.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest Colorado towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton | C− | 5 mi | 2.2 | 24.6 |
| Sheridan | D− | 7 mi | 7.8 | 67.9 |
| Englewood | D− | 8 mi | 6.5 | 50.0 |
| Lakewood | D− | 8 mi | 7.3 | 47.2 |
| Cherry Hills Village | B+ | 10 mi | 0.3 | 11.3 |
| Greenwood Village | D− | 11 mi | 3.8 | 60.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Ken Caryl. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ken Caryl.
12 people died in crashes on Ken Caryl’s roads in 2019–2023
Ken Caryl had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 7.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Ken Caryl and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Ridge | — | — | — |
| Columbine | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dakota Ridge and Columbine 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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Ken Caryl
Is Ken Caryl, CO safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Ken Caryl. Ken Caryl has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Ken Caryl alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Colorado towns with a grade are Littleton (C−, 5 mi), Sheridan (D−, 7 mi), Englewood (D−, 8 mi).
Who polices Ken Caryl?
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Ken Caryl is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Jefferson County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
Neighbors looking out for each other in Ken Caryl.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.