Crime in Aurora, Colorado
Major crime in Aurora is 1.7 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.2 times for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.0% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Aggravated assault stands out most, at 2.3 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Aurora for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Aurora
The middle half of Aurora residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 55 and 200; the typical (median) resident's is 112. The citywide figure (166) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5024.2%
- 50–10022.4%
- 100–20028.6%
- 200–40020.2%
- 400+4.6%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest at night
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 9.0% in a year; across Colorado it fell 9.1%
Change in expected crimes, with Colorado as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Aurora against U.S. places with 250,000 to 500,000 residents
20 of the 53 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Aurora; the middle of the group is 142. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Aurora has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Four Square Mile (5 mi), is 16% below Aurora's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Aurora
What are the most common crimes in Aurora?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 2,388 a year), theft from vehicle (about 2,378 a year) and aggravated assault (about 2,170 a year). Compared with the U.S., aggravated assault stands out most: 2.3 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Aurora's figures add up its 242 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Aurora's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 69.2% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 410,284. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Aurora, Colorado." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/co/aurora
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Four Square Mile5 mi139
- Cherry Creek6 mi55
- Dove Valley7 mi129
- Glendale7 mi954
- Centennial7 mi86
- Cherry Hills Village8 mi51
- Denver9 mi273
- Stonegate10 mi38