Longmont, CO Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Longmont, CO Summary

Crime in Longmont research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Longmont over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Longmont:

  • There were 3,040 total crimes committed in Longmont in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,088.0 total crimes per 100K people in Longmont.
  • The overall crime rate in Longmont is 45.71% above the national average.
  • Longmont ranks #102 safest out of 140 cities in Colorado.
  • Longmont ranks #8,664 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Longmont Vs Colorado And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Longmont is 3,088.0 per 100,000 people. That's 45.71% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 0.61% higher than the Colorado total crime rate of 3,069.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Longmont
/ 100k People
Colorado
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,040 3,088.0 3,069.1 2,119.2
Murder 4 4.1 4.5 5.0
Robbery 31 31.5 63.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 309 313.9 350.5 256.0
Violent Crime 462 469.3 476.3 359.0
Burglary 219 222.5 348.0 229.0
Larceny 2,052 2,084.4 1,754.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 307 311.8 490.6 259.0
Property Crime 2,578 2,618.7 2,592.8 1,760.0

Longmont Crime Compared To Colorado Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Colorado.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Longmont

462
Violent Crimes
469.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
30.72%
Above The National Average
  • There were 462 violent crimes in Longmont in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Longmont is 469.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 213.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Longmont each year. That compares to a 1 in 209.9 chance statewide.
  • That's 30.72% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -1.48% lower than the Colorado violent crime rate of 476.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Longmont

2,578
Property Crimes
2,618.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
48.79%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,578 property crimes in Longmont in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Longmont is 2,618.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 38.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Longmont each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 48.79% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 1.00% higher than the Colorado property crime rate of 2,592.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Longmont

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Thornton, CO 145,847 4,535 3,109.4 2,835.8 273.6
Westminster, CO 114,310 4,394 3,843.9 3,540.4 303.6
Loveland, CO 80,374 1,875 2,332.8 2,018.1 314.8
Northglenn, CO 38,210 1,150 3,009.7 2,577.9 431.8
Erie, CO 37,055 343 925.7 896.0 29.7
Firestone, CO 19,282 213 1,104.7 964.6 140.0
Frederick, CO 18,791 132 702.5 617.3 85.1
Fort Lupton, CO 9,984 177 1,772.8 1,502.4 270.4
Milliken, CO 9,303 50 537.5 537.5 0.0
Mead, CO 7,124 73 1,024.7 870.3 154.4

Longmont SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
7
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