Denver, Colorado · Neighborhood crime trends

Denver Congress Park

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Congress Park, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

12 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

Denver as a whole averaged 21.6 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while Congress Park averaged 42.3, hence it is generally less safe when all crimes are considered.

How do the 12 neighborhoods of Congress Park compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 4,642 crimes across them, 42.3 for every 1,000 residents. That is 3.9% above a year earlier and 2.6% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Congress Park has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (11.8 per 1,000), followed by Hale (16.4) and Cheesman Park (20.3). Civic Center has the highest (108.6).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 12 DENVER CONGRESS PARK NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against Denver's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by the City and County of Denver and simplified by CrimesLog.

A little history

Congress Park in Denver. Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital of Colorado and a consolidated city and county in the South Platte River valley, just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It had a population of 715,522 at the 2020 census. Congress Park is both a park and a neighborhood within the City and County of Denver. In 2010, the neighborhood had a population of 10,235 and 5,724 households.

Notable neighborhoods in Congress Park include:

Capitol Hill and Cheesman Park. Capitol Hill is bordered by Broadway, Downing Street, Colfax Avenue, and Seventh Avenue. The Colorado State Capitol building stands in the west end of the neighborhood, within the Denver Civic Center. Cheesman Park is an urban park and neighborhood. Some people consider it part of Capitol Hill, but the city defines it as a separate neighborhood.

City Park and City Park West. City Park is an urban park and neighborhood in east-central Denver. The park contains the Denver Zoo, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Ferril and Duck Lakes, and a boathouse. City Park West is a district of mostly single-family homes, small apartment buildings, and a large hospital complex, including Presbyterian/St. Luke's Hospital and Exempla St. Joseph's Hospital.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Congress Park

11.8 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Civic Center

108.6 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

42.3 per 1,000

3.9% above a year earlier ·

2.6% above Q1 2022

Compared

12 neighborhoods

109,768 residents · 18 quarters

Denver Congress Park neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

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