CrimeMetric

Crime in Leadville, Colorado

Major crime in Leadville is 52% below the U.S. rate per resident: 63% lower for persons crimes and 50% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
48
52% below the U.S. rate
66% below the Colorado rate
down 8.2% in a year
Persons crimes
37
63% below the U.S. rate
71% below the Colorado rate
down 6.3% in a year
Property crimes
50
50% below the U.S. rate
65% below the Colorado rate
down 8.5% in a year
Social disorder
44
56% below the U.S. rate
54% below the Colorado rate
down 5.5% 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

Every crime type in Leadville is near or below the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Leadville

Leadville is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 41; the middle half of residents live where it is between 36 and 41.

Map of Leadville, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5077.0%
  • 50–10023.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 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 in the daytime

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm53
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am42
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm52
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am40
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.2% in a year; across Colorado it fell 9.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.2%CO -9.1%-13.5%CO -11.0%
Persons crimes-6.3%CO -9.3%-2.0%CO +0.8%
Property crimes-8.5%CO -9.1%-15.4%CO -13.3%
Social disorder-5.5%CO -9.3%-5.4%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

Leadville against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,067 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Leadville; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Madison, IL2,211118
Walters, OK2,217106
Leadville, CO2,20948
Ozona, TX2,20542
Amboy, IL2,20933
Linden, TX2,21325

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

Nearby places

Leadville has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Frisco (25 mi), is 1.7 times Leadville's rate.

Frisco25 mi82
Evergreen58 mi65
Leadville48
Eagle40 mi45
Carbondale50 mi43
Basalt41 mi36
Edwards31 mi28
Gypsum44 mi24

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

Questions about crime in Leadville

What are the most common crimes in Leadville?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 8 a year), theft from vehicle (about 3 a year) and burglary (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: about 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. Leadville's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Leadville 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: 2,209. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100