Crime & Safety in Greeley
Greeley's crime data reads more consistently unfavorable across sources than Longmont's or Loveland's in this dataset -- NeighborhoodScout cites a rate higher than 91% of Colorado communities, and CrimeGrade's own 2026 letter grade (B-) is less favorable than the A/A- grades that same source assigned this dataset's other two Northern Colorado cities.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout's read: one of the higher crime rates in America
NeighborhoodScout cites an overall crime rate of 38 per 1,000 residents -- "one of the highest crime rates in America" by its own framing -- with a 1-in-149 violent-crime victimization odds and a property crime rate of 31 per 1,000, stating more than 91% of Colorado communities have a lower crime rate than Greeley. This is a notably higher rate than NeighborhoodScout cited for Longmont (30 per 1,000) or Loveland (23 per 1,000) elsewhere in this dataset.
CrimeGrade's own letter grade also reads less favorably than for Longmont or Loveland
CrimeGrade cites a violent crime rate of 4.54 per 1,000 for Greeley -- numerically close to Longmont's 4.242 and only modestly above Loveland's implied rate -- and frames it as "safer than the Colorado state average, less safe than the national average" on violent crime specifically. But CrimeGrade's own overall 2026 letter grade for Greeley is B- -- notably less favorable than the A/A- grades that same source assigned to Loveland and Longmont respectively, a real, internally consistent signal rather than just one source's outlier read.
A more consistent signal than found for this dataset's other Northern Colorado cities
Unlike Longmont and Loveland, where NeighborhoodScout and CrimeGrade point in genuinely different directions, Greeley's two leading sources both point toward a comparatively less favorable read -- NeighborhoodScout more sharply than CrimeGrade, but neither reads Greeley as safer than the other two cities in this dataset. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy; check a specific address directly with both sources.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout cites an overall crime rate of 38 per 1,000 -- higher than the rates cited for Longmont (30) or Loveland (23) elsewhere in this dataset -- with more than 91% of Colorado communities reading safer.
- CrimeGrade's violent crime rate (4.54 per 1,000) is numerically close to Longmont's and Loveland's, but its own overall 2026 letter grade (B-) is less favorable than the A/A- grades assigned to those two cities.
- This is a more internally consistent less-favorable signal than the sharply diverging sources found for Longmont or Loveland in this dataset.
- Check a specific address directly with both sources before drawing a conclusion. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy.
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