Safety · Center
Center, CO crime & safety
Center's reported crime rate is well below Colorado's. Most reported incidents are property crimes. No violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Center compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
TownTapestry Safety GradeNew
B−
Center’s Safety Grade: B-
Center reports less crime per resident than 53% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
C+Violent crimeBProperty crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 53%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Colorado towns we grade (98)Safer than 63%
Places of 1,000–5,000 people (2,167)Safer than 42%
Lower confidence. Built on 65 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Center anywhere from C+ to B+.
How the Safety Grade works
- One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in CO ranking.
- Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
- Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
- Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
- What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025
Center at a glance
Violent crime
0
per 1,000 residents · Colorado 4.4
Property crime
3.7
per 1,000 residents · Colorado 22.3
Incidents reported
7
0 violent · 7 property
Since 2022
▼ 76%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
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Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Center property | Colorado property | Center violent | Colorado violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.5 | 32.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 20.2 | 29.8 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3.1 | 26.7 | 1 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 3.7 | 22.3 | 0 | 4.4 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
2
Burglary
5
Vehicle theft
0
Aggravated assault
0
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Center safe
Local public safety
👮 Center Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 1,900, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Natural hazards
Very low
Natural hazards in Center →Mostly avalanches. Expected storm and flood damage here is higher than in 19% of U.S. communities.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.