Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Reported crime per resident in Parker fell 39% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Parker grades C+ for safety (#30 of 87 graded towns in Colorado): more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Parker
Parker reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Colorado towns on Parker’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Aurora (D−). Stonegate and Stepping Stone 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 Parker’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 66% of the 87 Colorado towns we grade, against 39% 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 Parker’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 (2.0) 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 (15.0) 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 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 | Parker property | Rest of Colorado property | Parker violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.1 | 39.5 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 18.3 | 35.7 | 2.0 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 16.5 | 31.9 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 10.5 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Parker’s police reported 394 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 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 | Parker | Rest of Colorado | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 6.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 2 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.
841 crimes reported in 2025
133 violent and 708 property, as reported to the FBI by Parker’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on Parker’s roads in 2019–2023
Parker had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is 5.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Parker and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | C+ | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Stonegate | — | — | — |
| Stepping Stone | — | — | — |
| Aurora | D− | 8.9 | 30.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stonegate and Stepping Stone are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | C+ | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Castle Rock | B+ | 0.3 | 10.3 |
| Broomfield | C+ | 1.5 | 18.7 |
| Loveland | C | 2.9 | 19.2 |
| Grand Junction | D | 5.3 | 29.0 |
| Commerce City | D | 7.7 | 27.3 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Parker’s population (65,985), by grade.
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 Parker. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Parker’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (67,244 in 2025); our figure for Parker is 65,985 (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 Parker
Is Parker, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Parker reports more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #30 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 2.0 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 Parker?
2.0 violent and 15.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.6 and 31.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Parker?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Parker in 2025?
Parker’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Parker safer than Aurora?
Aurora reports more crime per resident than Parker: Aurora grades D− for safety and Parker C+. Aurora’s police reported 8.9 violent and 30.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Parker?
Parker’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Parker”. 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.