Yes.
Crime in Colorado fell in nearly all categories while remaining higher than pre-pandemic levels.
Violent crime decreased more than 6% from 2022 to 2023, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Nonconsensual sex offenses dropped 12%, robberies declined 14% and aggravated assaults decreased by 3%.
Murders came down 16.4% but were still 37% higher than 2019.
The trend corresponded with a national decline in the violent crime rate, which fell 6% from 2022 to 2023, according to the FBI’s quarterly uniform crime report. All violent crime categories were still higher than 2019, the year before the pandemic.
Many less serious crimes in Colorado also trended downward in 2023. Larcenies dipped 6.4%. Burglaries decreased 10.2%.
More than 4,000 fewer motor vehicle thefts occurred in 2023, a decrease of 17% from 2022, but 74% more than in 2019.
Fraud was one crime that rose, ticking up 3%.
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