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Crime is rising in Colorado. This state data shows by how much and where

By Allison Sherry· Mar. 10, 2022, 4:00 am

New statewide data on Colorado’s crime rates puts hard numbers to what many in law enforcement have been saying for the past 14 months: Crime in almost all categories started going up before the pandemic and continues to rapidly rise.

Violent crime, which counts homicides, aggravated assaults, sex assaults and robberies, is up 17 percent between 2019 and 2021. Murder is up 47 percent in those two years.

Property crime is up 20 percent and auto theft is up 86 percent between 2019 and 2021, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

A one-year analysis done by the FBI between 2019-2020 found Colorado had the fourth-highest increase in all crimes in the country —  just below Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Utah.

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https://www.cpr.org/2022/03/10/colorado-crime-rates/