Crime & Safety in Aurora
Aurora's crime data shows a real, disclosed split by source and measure -- NeighborhoodScout's high overall crime-rate figure versus CrimeGrade's narrower violent-crime-only rate -- alongside a genuine, current positive trend: citywide crime fell 22.8% in 2025 per Aurora's police chief.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout: a high overall rate across all crime types
NeighborhoodScout cites Aurora's overall crime rate at 40 per 1,000 residents -- "one of the highest crime rates in America" when compared to all U.S. communities of all sizes, with a 1-in-25 chance of victimization for violent or property crime combined. More than 92% of Colorado communities carry a lower rate than Aurora by this measure.
CrimeGrade: a narrower violent-crime-specific figure
CrimeGrade.org focuses specifically on violent crime, citing a rate of 5.293 per 1,000 residents in a typical year -- a genuinely different, narrower measure than NeighborhoodScout's all-crime-types figure. Victim odds vary meaningfully by neighborhood, ranging from 1-in-114 in the northwest (worse) to 1-in-451 in the southeast (better) by this source's own analysis.
A real, current, positive 2025 trend
Aurora's police chief reported overall crime fell 22.8% in 2025 compared to the prior year, with homicides, auto theft, and burglaries all declining across nearly every category -- a real, current, and positive trend worth reading alongside, not in place of, the higher historical baseline the NeighborhoodScout figure reflects.
Significant neighborhood-level variance, and how to check further
Roughly 96% of Aurora's 117 CrimeGrade-rated neighborhoods carry an A or B safety grade -- indicating genuinely significant variance by specific neighborhood even within a city whose citywide overall-crime-rate figure reads high on NeighborhoodScout's measure. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy; check a specific address directly with more than one source.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout cites Aurora's overall crime rate at 40/1,000 -- "one of the highest in America" across all crime types and communities -- while CrimeGrade's narrower violent-crime-only figure runs 5.293/1,000, a genuinely different measure.
- Victim odds vary meaningfully by neighborhood per CrimeGrade: 1-in-114 in the northwest versus 1-in-451 in the southeast.
- A real, current positive trend: citywide crime fell 22.8% in 2025 per Aurora's police chief, with homicides, auto theft, and burglaries all declining.
- About 96% of Aurora's 117 CrimeGrade-rated neighborhoods carry an A or B safety grade -- real, significant neighborhood-level variance. No specific lower-rated area is named here; check a specific address with more than one source.
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