CrimeMetric

Crime in Grand Junction, Colorado

Major crime in Grand Junction is 1.5 times the U.S. rate per resident: 37% higher for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
154
1.5 times the U.S. rate
10% above the Colorado rate
down 10.4% in a year
Persons crimes
137
37% above the U.S. rate
9% above the Colorado rate
down 20.3% in a year
Property crimes
158
1.6 times the U.S. rate
10% above the Colorado rate
down 8.2% in a year
Social disorder
170
1.7 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Colorado rate
down 14.3% 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 2.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Grand Junction 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 Grand Junction

The middle half of Grand Junction residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 54 and 188; the typical (median) resident's is 96. The citywide figure (154) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Grand Junction, 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. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5021.7%
  • 50–10031.0%
  • 100–20024.1%
  • 200–40019.4%
  • 400+3.7%

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 6pm201
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am106
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm172
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am106
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 10.4% in a year; across Colorado it fell 9.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-10.4%CO -9.1%-9.0%CO -11.0%
Persons crimes-20.3%CO -9.3%+4.0%CO +0.8%
Property crimes-8.2%CO -9.1%-11.6%CO -13.3%
Social disorder-14.3%CO -9.3%-5.1%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

Grand Junction against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents

90 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Grand Junction; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:

Grand Junction, CO68,481154
Lodi, CA68,811145
Cheyenne, WY68,481132
Davis, CA68,665110
Shoreline, WA68,478106
Marietta, GA68,22796
Kyle, TX68,21741
Novi, MI68,35137

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

Nearby places

Grand Junction has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Orchard Mesa (4 mi), is 62% below Grand Junction's rate.

Grand Junction154
Delta36 mi137
Fruitvale4 mi88
Rifle52 mi70
Clifton5 mi64
Redlands5 mi48
Fruita11 mi47

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

Questions about crime in Grand Junction

What are the most common crimes in Grand Junction?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 690 a year), shoplifting (about 404 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 229 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 2.7 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. Grand Junction's figures add up its 44 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Grand Junction has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 57.2% 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: 68,481. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Grand Junction, Colorado." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/co/grand-junction

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100