Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Pueblo than in 98% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 67% from 2023 to 2025. Counting crimes Pueblo’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D− for safety: #81 of 87 graded towns in Colorado, and #308 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Each year brought 11.3 violent crimes and 40.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (5.4 and 30.8 in the rest of 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 Pueblo
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Pueblo’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 15.3 per 100,000 residents a year, 3.0 times the rest of Colorado (5.0) and 2.7 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.4 times the rest of Colorado
175 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (61 reported in 2025), 2.4 times the rest of Colorado (74.1) and 2.2 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Pueblo reports less crime per resident than 5% (#308). Places like 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 Pueblo’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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Pueblo property | Rest of Colorado property | Pueblo violent | Rest of Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 63.9 | 38.5 | 16.2 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 55.4 | 34.9 | 14.7 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 49.4 | 31.2 | 14.2 | 5.6 |
| 2025 | 18.0 | 26.3 | 5.0 | 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Pueblo | Rest of Colorado | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.8 | 7.2 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 25.2 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 17.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Pueblo | Rest of Colorado | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 321 | 93.2 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 251 | 81.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 219 | 78.9 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 55.0 | 61.7 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Pueblo’s police reported 4 homicides, 61 robberies and 552 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Colorado and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Pueblo 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,554 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.
552 violent and 2,002 property, as reported to the FBI by Pueblo’s police.
77 people died in crashes on Pueblo’s roads in 2019–2023
Pueblo had 73 fatal crashes in five years, in which 77 people died; 19 were pedestrians. 15 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 13.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Colorado towns of 100,000+ people (6.5, 13 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.
Pueblo and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo | D− | 11.3 | 40.9 |
| Pueblo West | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pueblo West is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Colorado towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo | D− | 11.3 | 40.9 |
| Centennial | C+ | 1.8 | 16.5 |
| Arvada | C− | 2.7 | 24.5 |
| Boulder | C− | 3.4 | 27.2 |
| Westminster | D | 3.0 | 33.4 |
| Greeley | D | 6.4 | 29.2 |
The five graded Colorado towns closest to Pueblo’s population (110,404), 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 Pueblo. 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 Pueblo’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (110,981 in 2025); our figure for Pueblo is 110,404 (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 Pueblo
Is Pueblo, CO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pueblo reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #81 of 87 in Colorado. Its police reported 11.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Colorado and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Pueblo?
11.3 violent and 40.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Colorado reports 5.4 and 30.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Pueblo in 2025?
Pueblo’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Pueblo?
Pueblo’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pueblo”. 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.