Crime & Safety in Longmont
Longmont's crime data shows a genuine three-way disagreement across sources reviewed this session -- NeighborhoodScout, CrimeGrade, and DoorProfit each frame the city's safety differently, and all three are disclosed here rather than resolved into one verdict.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout's read: one of the higher crime rates in America, driven by property crime
NeighborhoodScout cites an overall crime rate of 30 per 1,000 residents -- "one of the highest crime rates in America" by its own framing, with more than 84% of Colorado communities reading safer. This is driven mostly by property crime (26 per 1,000, a 1-in-39 victimization odds) rather than violent crime (a considerably lower 1-in-216 odds).
CrimeGrade's read: average-to-better on violent crime specifically
CrimeGrade cites a violent crime rate of 4.242 per 1,000 and describes Longmont as "safer than the Colorado state average and as safe as the national average" on violent crime specifically -- a notably different framing from NeighborhoodScout's, even though CrimeGrade's property crime rate (27.67 per 1,000) is numerically close to NeighborhoodScout's own figure.
A third source (DoorProfit) reads more favorably still, and no single verdict is asserted here
DoorProfit assigns Longmont an overall A- safety grade as of 2026 -- the most favorable of the three framings reviewed. Given this genuine three-way spread, no single crime verdict is asserted for Longmont in this record; check a specific address directly with multiple sources before drawing a conclusion. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout cites an overall crime rate of 30 per 1,000 -- "one of the highest crime rates in America" by its framing -- driven mostly by property crime rather than violent crime.
- CrimeGrade cites a violent crime rate of 4.242 per 1,000 and frames Longmont as safer than the Colorado state average and on par with the national average on violent crime specifically.
- DoorProfit assigns an overall A- safety grade as of 2026 -- the most favorable of the three sources reviewed.
- These three sources genuinely disagree in framing; check a specific address directly with multiple sources before drawing a conclusion. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy.
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