Safest Counties in Colorado: 15 Ranked (2026)
The 15 Colorado counties where police report enough to the FBI to build a reliable rate, ranked by violent crime, with home prices, asking rents and incomes where available.
Colorado has 64 counties. Fifteen of them clear the reporting bar this page uses, and the gap between the quietest, Eagle at 122 violent offenses per 100,000, and the busiest, Denver at 895, is 7.4 to one. Beside each rate sits what homes there closed at over the last 12 months, from 92,512 closing records Resideline tracked across all 15 counties.
The crime rates here are built from the 5,357,968 residents those police agencies actually report on, over the months they reported. Each figure is a single county-wide figure, so treat this as a way to narrow a search rather than a verdict on any street.
We do not treat missing or conflicting crime data as zero. A county appears here only when its reporting clears our reliability threshold, and we set aside results that conflict materially with the state's own records. Whether a county is ranked depends on its crime reporting alone; whether it shows a price depends on whether Resideline tracked enough closings there.
The ranking
| # | County | Violent per 100k | Property per 100k | Median closed price | Median asking rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eagle | 122 | 936 | $1,575,000 | $4,100 | $111,517 |
| 2 | Broomfield | 154 | 1,519 | $625,000 | $2,895 | $124,435 |
| 3 | Douglas | 169 | 1,219 | $709,147 | $3,150 | $152,657 |
| 4 | Larimer | 224 | 1,476 | $535,000 | $2,200 | $93,518 |
| 5 | Garfield | 248 | 1,216 | $597,500 | $2,700 | $91,858 |
| 6 | Boulder | 298 | 2,098 | $750,000 | $2,500 | $103,293 |
| 7 | Weld | 317 | 1,689 | $500,000 | $2,250 | $100,638 |
| 8 | Mesa | 324 | 1,666 | $405,167 | $1,800 | $73,997 |
| 9 | Jefferson | 377 | 2,600 | $619,876 | $2,395 | $109,969 |
| 10 | Fremont | 381 | 1,605 | $340,000 | $1,395 | $63,195 |
| 11 | Adams | 388 | 2,446 | $484,209 | $2,660 | $100,686 |
| 12 | El Paso | 564 | 2,376 | $455,000 | $2,195 | $90,778 |
| 13 | Arapahoe | 618 | 2,635 | $525,000 | $2,400 | $103,442 |
| 14 | Pueblo | 771 | 2,991 | $299,900 | $1,400 | $62,186 |
| 15 | Denver | 895 | 4,187 | $599,956 | $2,350 | $92,395 |
A closer look at the 12 safest counties
1. Eagle County
At 122 violent offenses per 100,000, Eagle sits in the lowest quarter of the places on this list. The median comparable US county records 245, so it is quieter than most of the country too. A median closing price of $1,575,000 puts it at roughly 294 percent of the middle figure for this list. That combination, among the safest counties here and among the most expensive, is what most buyers are picturing when they pay a premium for a quiet address. Against what households there earn, a home costs 14.1 times median income, in the top quarter of this list. Its property rate is also among the lowest here, 936 per 100,000, or 0.8 times the median comparable US county.
2. Broomfield County
Broomfield's violent crime rate is 154 per 100,000 residents, the lowest quarter among the Colorado counties Resideline can measure. The median comparable US county records 245, so it is quieter than most of the country too. Buyers there paid a median of $625,000, some 117 percent of the level across the counties measured. Households there earn a median of $124,435, about 124 percent of the median for these counties. Asking rents of $2,895 a month against that price put it in the top quarter of this list for gross return. Property offenses run at 1,519 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. Resideline publishes a separate page for Broomfield, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
3. Douglas County
Douglas records 169 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, which places it in the lowest quarter of the Colorado counties measured here. That is below the median comparable US county, which records 245. Homes changed hands at a median $709,147, around 133 percent of what the rest of this list recorded. Quiet and costly at the same time, which is how most of the safest places on this list look. The ratio of price to local household income is 4.6, among the gentlest on this list. Its property rate is also among the lowest here, 1,219 per 100,000, or 1.0 times the median comparable US county. For prices at street level, see Castle Rock, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
4. Larimer County
At 224 violent offenses per 100,000, Larimer sits in the lowest quarter of the places on this list. That is close to the median comparable US county, which records 245. At $535,000, its median closed price is unremarkable against the rest of this list. Its property rate is also among the lowest here, 1,476 per 100,000, or 1.2 times the median comparable US county. The median rental listing asks $2,200 a month. Resideline publishes a separate page for Fort Collins, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
5. Garfield County
Garfield records 248 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, which places it in the middle range of the Colorado counties measured here. That is close to the median comparable US county, which records 245. Homes there closed at a median of $597,500, close to the middle of this list. A typical home costs 6.5 years of the median household's income, near the top of this list. Property crime is low, at 1,216 per 100,000, the bottom quarter of this list and 1.0 times the median comparable US county. The median rental listing asks $2,700 a month.
6. Boulder County
Boulder's violent crime rate is 298 per 100,000 residents, the middle range among the Colorado counties Resideline can measure. That is 1.2 times the median comparable US county, which records 245, though still below the Colorado statewide rate of 474 per 100,000 in the same data. Buyers there paid a median of $750,000, some 140 percent of the level across the counties measured. Measured against local pay it is one of the harder counties on this list to buy into, at 7.3 times median household income. Its property rate, 2,098 per 100,000, sits in the middle of these counties. The median rental listing asks $2,500 a month. For prices at street level, see Boulder, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
7. Weld County
Police in Weld reported 317 violent offenses per 100,000 people, putting it in the middle range of this list. That is 1.3 times the median comparable US county, which records 245, though still below the Colorado statewide rate of 474 per 100,000 in the same data. Homes there closed at a median of $500,000, close to the middle of this list. The ratio of price to local household income is 5.0, among the gentlest on this list. Its property rate, 1,689 per 100,000, sits in the middle of these counties. The median rental listing asks $2,250 a month. Resideline publishes a separate page for Longmont, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
8. Mesa County
At 324 violent offenses per 100,000, Mesa sits in the middle range of the places on this list. That is 1.3 times the median comparable US county, which records 245, though still below the Colorado statewide rate of 474 per 100,000 in the same data. The median home closed at $405,167, roughly 76 percent of the middle figure for these counties. Households there earn a median of $73,997, about 74 percent of the median for these counties. Property offenses run at 1,666 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. The median rental listing asks $1,800 a month. For prices at street level, see Grand Junction, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
9. Jefferson County
Jefferson's violent crime rate is 377 per 100,000 residents, the middle range among the Colorado counties Resideline can measure. That is 1.5 times the median comparable US county, which records 245, though still below the Colorado statewide rate of 474 per 100,000 in the same data. Buyers there paid a median of $619,876, some 116 percent of the level across the counties measured. Property offenses run at 2,600 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. Asking rents run about $2,395 a month. Resideline publishes a separate page for Littleton, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
10. Fremont County
At 381 violent offenses per 100,000, Fremont sits in the middle range of the places on this list. That is 1.6 times the median comparable US county, which records 245, though still below the Colorado statewide rate of 474 per 100,000 in the same data. A median closing price of $340,000 puts it at roughly 64 percent of the middle figure for this list. Median household income is $63,195, roughly 63 percent of the level across this list. Property offenses run at 1,605 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. The median rental listing asks $1,395 a month. For prices at street level, see Canon City, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
11. Adams County
Adams records 388 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, which places it in the middle range of the Colorado counties measured here. That is 1.6 times the median comparable US county, which records 245, though still below the Colorado statewide rate of 474 per 100,000 in the same data. At $484,209, its median closed price is unremarkable against the rest of this list. Prices sit close to local earning power, at 4.8 times the median household income. At $2,660 a month in asking rent, the gross return here is in the top quarter of the counties measured. Property offenses run at 2,446 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. Resideline publishes a separate page for Brighton, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
12. El Paso County
Police in El Paso reported 564 violent offenses per 100,000 people, putting it in the middle range of this list. That is 2.3 times the median comparable US county, which records 245, and above the Colorado statewide rate of 474 per 100,000 in the same data. The median home closed at $455,000, roughly 85 percent of the middle figure for these counties. At $2,195 a month in asking rent, the gross return here is in the top quarter of the counties measured. Its property rate, 2,376 per 100,000, sits in the middle of these counties. For prices at street level, see Peyton, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
Does safety set the price in Colorado?
Somewhat, and less than you would expect. The safest third of these counties runs 29 percent above the highest-crime third on price. The same safe places also earn 21 percent more, so income explains part of the raw gap. This state-level comparison does not isolate density, housing mix or other factors that may explain the remainder.
It is the same pattern our national study found across 688 counties, where crime stopped predicting prices once income was accounted for. The method is set out in our study, Does Crime Actually Lower Home Prices?.
That is a county-level result. Within a county, research at the scale of a block or a neighborhood finds that violent crime does lower the value of the homes nearest to it, so use these figures to compare counties, not streets.
Where safety and affordability overlap in Colorado
Two of the 5 safest counties on this list also cost no more than the list's median once prices are set against local incomes: Broomfield (154 violent per 100,000, a home at 5.0 times median household income); Douglas (169 violent per 100,000, a home at 4.6 times median household income). Against what households there earn, those are the counties where a low crime rate is not being charged for.
The large counties
Five counties here have more than 500,000 residents. Their median violent rate is 564 per 100,000 against 273 for the smaller counties on the list, and the quietest of them is Jefferson at 377. It closes homes at a median of $619,876.
How to read this list
These figures describe whole areas. A quiet town and a rough district an hour apart carry the same number here, so the ranking is a starting point for a search rather than a description of any particular street.
Prices and rents are as of September 9, 2026, from closings and rental listings Resideline tracks over the previous 12 months; a price is shown where at least 100 closings were tracked and a rent where at least 50 listings were. Rent figures are the median asking rent on listings, not lease figures. Crime is the 2025 FBI Crime Data Explorer release, measured for the whole county over the months each agency reported, and violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Household income is the Census SAIPE 2024 estimate of the county's median household income; population is the Census 2024 estimate. Where this page compares a rate with the median comparable US county, that figure (245 violent and 1188 property offenses per 100,000) is the median across the 874 US counties with at least 50,000 residents whose agencies reported on 90 percent or more of them for the year.
Sources and related pages
- •Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency-level offense counts for 2025, aggregated by county over the months each agency reported.
- •Income: Census SAIPE 2024, county median household income.
- •Population: Census county population estimates, vintage 2024.
- •Prices and rents: Resideline's tracked closings and rental listings, 12 months to September 2026.
- •Related: Safest counties by state; Does crime actually lower home prices?; Colorado housing market; Safest counties in Arizona; Safest counties in Kansas; Safest counties in New Mexico; Safest counties in Oklahoma; Safest counties in Utah.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the safest county in Colorado?
Of the 15 Colorado counties measured here, Eagle County records the lowest violent crime rate at 122 offenses per 100,000 residents, against 245 for the median comparable US county. Homes there closed at a median of $1,575,000 over the last 12 months.
Is this every county in Colorado?
No. It covers 15 of the state's 64 counties, the ones where police agencies report at least 90 percent of the population to the FBI, the area has at least 50,000 residents, and the resulting rate falls inside the sanity bounds we apply. Whether Resideline has enough sales there decides only whether a price is shown. No place above 150,000 residents was excluded.
Does a lower crime rate mean higher home prices?
Less than most people assume. Comparing the safest third of these counties with the highest-crime third, the median closed price is 29 percent higher and household income 21 percent higher. Across 688 US counties we found that once income and other county characteristics are controlled for, a county's crime rate stops predicting its home prices. At the scale of a block, the research says violent crime does lower nearby values.
Is this crime rate for my neighborhood?
No. The FBI publishes these figures for whole counties, so every part of a county carries the same number here, from its densest district to its farmland. It is useful for narrowing a search and not a substitute for looking at a specific address.
Are these rents asking rents or lease rents?
They are the median asking rent on rental listings in the county over the last 12 months. That is what landlords advertised, a guide to the market rather than a lease figure.
About the author
Jeffrey Batista
Jeffrey Batista is the founder of Resideline, a real estate technology company building institutional grade valuation and investment analysis tools for real estate investors.
A software engineer with more than 10 years of experience, Jeffrey has worked across full stack development, infrastructure, data engineering, machine learning, and large scale systems. He left his engineering career to build Resideline full time.
Jeffrey is also a real estate investor with nearly a decade of hands on experience buying, renovating, managing, and analyzing residential properties. His experience on both sides of the industry, as an engineer and an investor, led him to build Resideline after seeing how fragmented and outdated many of the tools available to individual investors were.
Today, he leads the development of Resideline's proprietary data infrastructure, automated valuation models, rental analytics, and investment underwriting technology.