Rifle, CO Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Rifle, CO Summary

Crime in Rifle research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Rifle 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 Rifle:

  • There were 139 total crimes committed in Rifle in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,310.5 total crimes per 100K people in Rifle.
  • The overall crime rate in Rifle is -38.16% below the national average.
  • Rifle ranks #59 safest out of 140 cities in Colorado.
  • Rifle ranks #5,499 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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Rifle Vs Colorado And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Rifle is 1,310.5 per 100,000 people. That's -38.16% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -57.30% lower than the Colorado total crime rate of 3,069.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Rifle
/ 100k People
Colorado
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 139 1,310.5 3,069.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 1 9.4 63.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 23 216.8 350.5 256.0
Violent Crime 32 301.7 476.3 359.0
Burglary 7 66.0 348.0 229.0
Larceny 92 867.4 1,754.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 8 75.4 490.6 259.0
Property Crime 107 1,008.8 2,592.8 1,760.0

Rifle 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 Rifle

32
Violent Crimes
301.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-15.96%
Below The National Average
  • There were 32 violent crimes in Rifle in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Rifle is 301.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 331.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Rifle each year. That compares to a 1 in 209.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -15.96% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -36.67% lower than the Colorado violent crime rate of 476.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Rifle

107
Property Crimes
1,008.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-42.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 107 property crimes in Rifle in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Rifle is 1,008.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 99.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Rifle each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -42.68% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -61.09% lower than the Colorado property crime rate of 2,592.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Rifle

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Glenwood Springs, CO 10,334 493 4,770.7 4,461.0 309.7
Gypsum, CO 9,101 35 384.6 285.7 98.9
Carbondale, CO 6,795 51 750.6 618.1 132.5
New Castle, CO 4,851 39 804.0 680.3 123.7
Silt, CO 3,621 25 690.4 580.0 110.5

Rifle SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
5
Commute
5
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