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According to Denver Police Department data, the number of assaults in the Mile High City as a whole is up 9.5 percent during the first part of 2018 compared to the same period last year. But the scope of the problem varies widely from place to place, as seen in our analysis of assault statistics for all 78 official Denver neighborhoods.
Our source is the DPD’s invaluable online crime map, which allows users to search for specific offenses on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. The stats we accessed cover the period between January 1 and June 17 of 2018.
The news isn’t all bad. One Denver neighborhood didn’t experience a single assault through June 17, while six others reported just one during those months, and another six only suffered two.
On the other end of the scale, at least twenty assaults took place in sixteen Denver neighborhoods over this span. The largest sum was 61 assaults in a neighborhood that has been going through rapid, gentrification-related changes during our ongoing economic boom.
How did your section of Denver fare? Continue to see assault totals for every Denver neighborhood, ranked from the least to the most. We used crime density – the number of offenses per square mile – as a tie-breaker. But there was still a tie toward the lower end of the top ten.
The Country Club neighborhood.
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Number 1: Country Club
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 0
Crime density: 0.00 per square mile
Number 2: Lowry Field
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 1
Crime density: 0.39 per square mile
Number 3: Washington Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 1
Crime density: 0.66 per square mile
Number 4: Southmoor Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 1
Crime density: 1.07 per square mile
Number 5: Wellshire
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 1
Crime density: 1.08 per square mile
Number 6: Rosedale
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 1
Crime density: 1.77 per square mile
Number 7: Indian Creek
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 1
Crime density: 2.05 per square mile
Number 8 (tie): Belcaro
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 2
Crime density: 1.72 per square mile
Number 8 (tie): University Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 2
Crime density: 1.72 per square mile
Number 10: Washington Park West
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 2
Crime density: 2.29 per square mile
The Cory-Merrill neighborhood.
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Number 11: Cory-Merrill
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 2
Crime density: 2.38 per square mile
Number 12: Platt Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 2
Crime density: 2.44 per square mile
Number 13: Skyland
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 2
Crime density: 2.62 per square mile
Number 14: Hilltop
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 3
Crime density: 1.74 per square mile
Number 15: South Park Hill
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 3
Crime density: 2.01 per square mile
Number 16: Cherry Creek
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 3
Crime density: 3.58 per square mile
Number 17: Windsor
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 4
Crime density: 2.34 per square mile
Number 18: Montclair
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 4
Crime density: 3.95 per square mile
Number 19: Auraria
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 4
Crime density: 6.20 per square mile
Number 20: DIA
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 5
Crime density: 0.12 per square mile
The University Hills neighborhood.
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Number 21: University Hills
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 5
Crime density: 3.45 per square mile
Number 22: University
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 5
Crime density: 4.01 per square mile
Number 23: Chaffee Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 5
Crime density: 6.36 per square mile
Number 24: Highland
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 6
Crime density: 5.20 per square mile
Number 25: West Highland
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 6
Crime density: 5.34 per square mile
Number 26: Regis
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 6
Crime density: 5.89 per square mile
Number 27: Jefferson Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 6
Crime density: 12.20 per square mile
Number 28: Marston
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 7
Crime density: 2.21 per square mile
Number 29: Fort Logan
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 7
Crime density: 2.64 per square mile
Number 30: Speer
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 7
Crime density: 8.20 per square mile
The Virginia Village neighborhood.
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Number 31: Virginia Village
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 8
Crime density: 4.12 per square mile
Number 32: Berkeley
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 8
Crime density: 5.34 per square mile
Number 33: North Park Hill
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 8
Crime density: 5.36 per square mile
Number 34: Valverde
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 8
Crime density: 8.33 per square mile
Number 35: Barnum
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 8
Crime density: 10.38 per square mile
Number 36: Barnum West
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 8
Crime density: 11.05 per square mile
Number 37: Kennedy
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 8
Crime density: 11.40 per square mile
Number 38: Harvey Park South
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 9
Crime density: 6.58 per square mile
Number 39: Overland
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 9
Crime density: 8.01 per square mile
Number 40: Hale
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 9
Crime density: 9.25 per square mile
The Clayton neighborhood.
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Number 41: Clayton
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 9
Crime density: 11.67 per square mile
Number 42: Sun Valley
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 9
Crime density: 14.02 per square mile
Number 43: Cheesman Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 9
Crime density: 17.08 per square mile
Number 44: Hampden South
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 10
Crime density: 3.43 per square mile
Number 45: Bear Valley
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 10
Crime density: 7.40 per square mile
Number 46: City Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 10
Crime density: 13.02 per square mile
Number 47: Elyria Swansea
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 11
Crime density: 4.24 per square mile
Number 48: College View-South Platte
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 11
Crime density: 7.54 per square mile
Number 49: Sloan Lake
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 11
Crime density: 7.86 per square mile
Number 50: Ruby Hill
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 11
Crime density: 11.71 per square mile
The Goldsmith neighborhood.
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Number 51: Goldsmith
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 11
Crime density: 14.23 per square mile
Number 52: Sunnyside
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 12
Crime density: 8.43 per square mile
Number 53: Globeville
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 13
Crime density: 6.31 per square mile
Number 54: Washington Virginia Vale
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 13
Crime density: 7.11 per square mile
Number 55: Athmar Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 13
Crime density: 8.41 per square mile
Number 56: Whittier
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 13
Crime density: 23.09 per square mile
Number 57: Cole
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 13
Crime density: 25.39 per square mile
Number 58: Villa Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 13
Crime density: 13.19 per square mile
Number 59: Baker
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 14
Crime density: 9.38 per square mile
Number 60: Congress Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 14
Crime density: 13.61 per square mile
The Stapleton neighborhood.
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Number 61: Stapleton
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 15
Crime density: 1.67 per square mile
Number 62: Hampden
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 15
Crime density: 5.31 per square mile
Number 63: City Park West
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 21
Crime density: 39.25 per square mile
Number 64: North Capitol Hill
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 22
Crime density: 62.32 per square mile
Number 65: Harvey Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 24
Crime density: 14.23 per square mile
Number 66: Mar Lee
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 25
Crime density: 16.59 per square mile
Number 67: Civic Center
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 27
Crime density: 88.82 per square mile
Number 68: West Colfax
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 28
Crime density: 27.83 per square mile
Number 69: East Colfax
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 29
Crime density: 27.13 per square mile
Number 70: Gateway-Green Valley Ranch
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 30
Crime density: 4.07 per square mile
The Westwood neighborhood.
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Number 71: Westwood
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 30
Crime density: 20.04 per square mile
Number 72: Northeast Park Hill
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 35
Crime density: 10.51 per square mile
Number 73: Lincoln Park
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 35
Crime density: 27.43 per square mile
Number 74: Central Business District (CBD)
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 37
Crime density: 85.85 per square mile
Number 75: Union Station
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 39
Crime density: 88.84 per square mile
Number 76: Capitol Hill
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 45
Crime density: 66.57 per square mile
Number 77: Montbello
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 54
Crime density: 10.67 per square mile
Number 78: Five Points
Number of aggravated assaults from January 1-June 17: 61
Crime density: 34.70 per square mile
