Safety index · Denver · data through August 2026
Is Capitol Hill safe?
Capitol Hill records a high level of reported crime for Denver. Its SafeRoute safety index is 11 out of 100 — 44 points below the citywide median of 55, ranking 73rd of 76 Denver neighborhoods — based on 3,022 incidents reported to the Denver Police within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 7 months to August 2026.
DATA THROUGH AUGUST 2026 · 7 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Denver — a typical Denver neighborhood sits near 55. It ranks Capitol Hill against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — drugs alone is 22% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 16% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 26% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Drugs | 668 · 22% | |
| Public order | 477 · 16% | |
| Violent crime | 255 · 8% | |
| Vehicle crime | 532 · 18% | |
| Other | 529 · 18% | |
| Other theft | 372 · 12% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Capitol Hill at night?
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Common questions
Is Capitol Hill safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 11/100). About 42% of severity-weighted incidents in Capitol Hill are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Capitol Hill?
Drugs — 668 of 3,022 incidents (22%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 7 months to August 2026.
How is the Capitol Hill safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Denver Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Denver, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.