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Earlier this month, we broke down the number of crimes in one Denver neighborhood — ours — and discovered there had been 23 over the course of eleven days. Now, Fox31 has taken this concept a step further by using Denver Police Department records to discover the Denver neighborhoods with the most and least crime between 2009 and 2013 in several categories — including auto theft.
Look below to count down the top ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen, complete with interactive graphics (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”) and theft totals from each area.
Number 10: Mar Lee
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Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 404
Number 9: Highland
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 407
Continue to keep counting down the top ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen. Number 8: Lincoln Park
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 410
Number 7: Baker
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 437
Continue to keep counting down the top ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen. Number 6: Speer
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 479
Number 5: Athmar Park
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 481
Continue to keep counting down the top ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen. Number 4: Montbello
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 601
Number 3: Five Points
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 649
Continue to keep counting down the top ten Denver neighborhoods where you’re most likely to get your car stolen. Number 2: Central Business District
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 652
Number 1: Westwood
Number of car thefts 2009-2013: 711
Send your story tips to the author, Michael Roberts.
More from our Colorado Crimes archive circa April 17: “23 crimes in one part of Denver over eleven days: See where they happened.”
