CrimeMetric

Crime in Walsenburg, Colorado

Major crime in Walsenburg is 22% above the U.S. rate per resident: 23% higher for persons crimes and 21% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
122
22% above the U.S. rate
13% below the Colorado rate
down 8.4% in a year
Persons crimes
123
23% above the U.S. rate
about the Colorado rate
down 4.3% in a year
Property crimes
121
21% above the U.S. rate
15% below the Colorado rate
down 9.3% in a year
Social disorder
112
12% above the U.S. rate
16% above the Colorado rate
down 6.8% 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

Burglary stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Walsenburg 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 Walsenburg

Walsenburg is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 124; the middle half of residents live where it is between 87 and 157.

Map of Walsenburg, 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.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10031.6%
  • 100–20068.4%
  • 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 on weeknights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm57
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am206
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm64
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am181
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.4% in a year; across Colorado it fell 9.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.4%CO -9.1%-14.1%CO -11.0%
Persons crimes-4.3%CO -9.3%+0.2%CO +0.8%
Property crimes-9.3%CO -9.1%-17.3%CO -13.3%
Social disorder-6.8%CO -9.3%-8.6%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

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

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

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

Nearby places

Walsenburg 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, Trinidad (36 mi), is 24% above Walsenburg's rate.

Pueblo44 mi289
Cañon City61 mi175
Trinidad36 mi151
Walsenburg122
Florence56 mi97
Raton, NM55 mi91
Penrose58 mi36

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

Questions about crime in Walsenburg

What are the most common crimes in Walsenburg?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 31 a year), burglary (about 13 a year) and aggravated assault (about 10 a year). Compared with the U.S., burglary stands out most: 2.4 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. Walsenburg's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Walsenburg 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: 3,333. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100