Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Littleton has more property crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns
Weighing it all, Littleton earns C− for safety (#49 of 87 graded towns in Colorado), with more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 2.2 violent crimes and 24.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.6 and 31.1 in the rest of Colorado. Add to that, the crimes the grade counts fell 23% per resident from 2023 to 2025. One of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Littleton
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Colorado towns on Littleton’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Centennial (C+), Englewood (D−), Greenwood Village (D−), Denver (D−). Highlands Ranch and Columbine are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Columbine Valley reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Colorado towns, closer to the middle
Colorado’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Littleton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 44% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 23% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Littleton is home to Arapahoe Community College, with 11,756 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 4% 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 ↓
A job center
Littleton has 30,923 jobs based in town for 46,246 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. 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 Littleton’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.2) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Littleton property | Rest of Colorado property | Littleton violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.5 | 39.2 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 28.0 | 35.5 | 2.0 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 25.2 | 31.8 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 20.8 | 26.1 | 2.4 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Littleton | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Littleton’s police reported 288 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Littleton 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,035 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.
106 violent and 929 property, as reported to the FBI by Littleton’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Littleton’s roads in 2019–2023
Littleton had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 5.8 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.
Littleton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton | C− | 2.2 | 24.6 |
| Centennial | C+ | 1.8 | 16.5 |
| Highlands Ranch | — | — | — |
| Columbine Valley | — | — | — |
| Englewood | D− | 6.5 | 50.0 |
| Columbine | — | — | — |
| Denver | D− | 9.6 | 48.6 |
| Greenwood Village | D− | 3.8 | 60.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Highlands Ranch and Columbine are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Columbine Valley reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton | C− | 2.2 | 24.6 |
| Windsor | A | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| Erie | B+ | 0.5 | 8.6 |
| Parker | C+ | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Brighton | D | 4.6 | 24.9 |
| Northglenn | D | 4.5 | 27.2 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Littleton’s population (46,246), 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 Littleton. 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 Littleton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,702 in 2025); our figure for Littleton is 46,246 (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 Littleton
Is Littleton, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Littleton reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #49 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 2.2 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 Littleton?
2.2 violent and 24.6 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.
How many homicides were there in Littleton in 2025?
Littleton’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Littleton safer than Centennial?
Centennial reports less crime per resident than Littleton: Centennial grades C+ for safety and Littleton C−. Centennial’s police reported 1.8 violent and 16.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Littleton?
Littleton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Littleton”. 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.