CrimeMetric

Crime in Delta, Colorado

Major crime in Delta is 37% above the U.S. rate per resident: 50% lower for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.3% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
137
37% above the U.S. rate
about the Colorado rate
down 8.3% in a year
Persons crimes
50
50% below the U.S. rate
61% below the Colorado rate
down 5.3% in a year
Property crimes
157
1.6 times the U.S. rate
10% above the Colorado rate
down 8.5% in a year
Social disorder
102
about the U.S. rate
6% above the Colorado rate
down 6.1% in a year

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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Crime by type

Intimidation stands out most, at 2.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Delta for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Delta

The middle half of Delta residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 50 and 196; the typical (median) resident's is 159.

Map of Delta, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5026.4%
  • 50–10017.8%
  • 100–20044.8%
  • 200–40011.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm183
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am82
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm169
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am95
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.3% in a year; across Colorado it fell 9.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.3%CO -9.1%-11.0%CO -11.0%
Persons crimes-5.3%CO -9.3%+3.6%CO +0.8%
Property crimes-8.5%CO -9.1%-12.0%CO -13.3%
Social disorder-6.1%CO -9.3%-2.9%CO -6.4%

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.

Similar-size places

Delta against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

356 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Delta; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Camden, SC10,008153
Delta, CO10,008137
Yorkshire, VA10,006112
Ironton, OH10,00145
Auburn, GA10,00442
Harvard, IL10,02337

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Delta has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Montrose (21 mi), is 27% below Delta's rate.

Delta137
Montrose21 mi101
Fruitvale33 mi88
Clifton32 mi64
Redlands40 mi48
Fruita46 mi47

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Delta

What are the most common crimes in Delta?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 89 a year), shoplifting (about 56 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 34 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation 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. Delta's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Delta has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 10,008. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Delta, Colorado." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/co/delta

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100