Longmont, CO Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Longmont:

  • There were 3,303 total crimes committed in Longmont the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,265.2 total crimes per 100K people in Longmont.
  • The overall crime rate in Longmont is 40.49% above the national average.
  • Longmont ranks #102 safest out of 149 cities in Colorado.
  • Longmont ranks #8,409 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 3,265.2 per 100,000 people. That's 40.49% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 0.25% higher than the Colorado total crime rate of 3,256.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Longmont
/ 100k People
Colorado
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,303 3,265.2 3,256.9 2,324.2
Murder 8 7.9 5.1 6.3
Robbery 29 28.7 68.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 286 282.7 286.9 268.2
Violent Crime 448 442.9 423.1 369.8
Burglary 319 315.3 400.3 269.8
Larceny 2,138 2,113.5 1,909.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 398 393.4 524.3 282.7
Property Crime 2,855 2,822.3 2,833.8 1,954.4

Longmont Crime Compared To Colorado Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Colorado.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Longmont

448
Violent Crimes
442.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
19.76%
Above The National Average
  • There were 448 violent crimes in Longmont in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Longmont is 442.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 225.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Longmont each year. That compares to a 1 in 236.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 19.76% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 4.68% higher than the Colorado violent crime rate of 423.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Longmont

2,855
Property Crimes
2,822.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
44.41%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,855 property crimes in Longmont in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Longmont is 2,822.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.4 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 44.41% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -0.41% lower than the Colorado property crime rate of 2,833.8 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 143,055 5,390 3,767.8 3,482.6 285.2
Westminster, CO 112,844 5,416 4,799.5 4,468.1 331.4
Loveland, CO 77,770 2,330 2,996.0 2,663.0 333.0
Northglenn, CO 36,634 1,769 4,828.8 4,244.7 584.2
Erie, CO 32,832 355 1,081.3 1,035.6 45.7
Firestone, CO 15,932 203 1,274.2 1,224.0 50.2
Frederick, CO 11,844 49 413.7 354.6 59.1
Milliken, CO 8,948 39 435.9 413.5 22.4
Fort Lupton, CO 8,539 313 3,665.5 3,021.4 644.1
Mead, CO 4,897 75 1,531.5 1,225.2 306.3

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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