Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Monte Vista than in 94% of U.S. towns
It grades D for safety on crimes Monte Vista’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #74 of 87 graded towns in Colorado. By contrast, the yearly rates were 3.7 violent crimes and 47.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 5.6 and 31.0 in the rest of Colorado. Violent crime here is higher than in 80% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 98%.
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’s behind Monte Vista’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.
Crime in Monte Vista 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Monte Vista | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Monte Vista’s police reported 45 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Monte Vista property | Rest of Colorado property | Monte Vista violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.1 | 39.2 | 3.6 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 40.1 | 35.4 | 4.4 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 49.1 | 31.7 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 53.3 | 26.1 | 2.3 | 5.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Colorado.
221 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.
9 violent and 212 property, as reported to the FBI by Monte Vista’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Monte Vista’s roads in 2019–2023
Monte Vista had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Colorado towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Monte Vista’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Monte Vista’s own rate (9.7) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Monte Vista and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Vista | D | 3.7 | 47.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Vista | D | 3.7 | 47.4 |
| Basalt | B− | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| Florence | C | 4.0 | 12.3 |
| Rocky Ford | C | 2.9 | 17.7 |
| Vail | D | 3.7 | 40.9 |
| Glendale | D− | 18.5 | 162.2 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Monte Vista’s population (4,005), 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 Monte Vista. 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 Monte Vista’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,976 in 2025); our figure for Monte Vista is 4,005 (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 Monte Vista
Is Monte Vista, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Monte Vista reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #74 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 3.7 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 Monte Vista?
3.7 violent and 47.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.6 and 31.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Monte Vista?
Monte Vista’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Monte Vista”. 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.