Castle Rock has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Castle Rock is 1 in 85. How does Castle Rock fare compared to other communities in Colorado of all population sizes? Castle Rock's crime rate is lower than approximately 47% of Colorado communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Castle Rock has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Castle Rock is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Castle Rock does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Castle Rock.

For Castle Rock, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Castle Rock than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3208, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Castle Rock's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Castle Rock a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Castle Rock is one in 87.