Westcliffe has an overall crime rate of 10 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 Westcliffe is 1 in 95. How does Westcliffe fare compared to other communities in Colorado of all population sizes? Westcliffe's crime rate is lower than approximately 52% of Colorado communities.

However, when you compare Westcliffe to other communities of similar population, then Westcliffe crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Westcliffe does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Westcliffe 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 Westcliffe.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Westcliffe occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Westcliffe; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 477. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Westcliffe; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.