Safest counties for violent crime rate in Colorado

Top 25 of 64 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Colorado
Rank	County	Value
1	Elbert	40.4 per 100k
2	Hinsdale	51.2 per 100k
3	Conejos	56.2 per 100k
4	Cheyenne	57.3 per 100k
5	Ouray	58.3 per 100k
6	Sedgwick	71.0 per 100k
7	Lincoln	71.6 per 100k
8	Phillips	73.0 per 100k
9	San Juan	76.5 per 100k
10	San Miguel	82.0 per 100k
11	Saguache	87.4 per 100k
12	Pitkin	87.9 per 100k
13	Yuma	88.8 per 100k
14	Mineral	89.5 per 100k
15	Washington	90.4 per 100k
16	Chaffee	97.5 per 100k
17	Delta	105.1 per 100k
18	Kiowa	113.0 per 100k
19	Prowers	117.6 per 100k
20	Jackson	120.0 per 100k
21	Baca	133.0 per 100k
22	Broomfield	138.4 per 100k
23	Park	145.5 per 100k
24	Rio Blanco	146.2 per 100k
25	Crowley	148.1 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Colorado counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Colorado (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Colorado

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