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Boulder, CO · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Boulder

Boulder ranks #54 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 60 — Fun. That puts it in the 60th percentile nationally and #3 of 6 in Colorado.

safety score
60
Fun
National rank
#54 of 134
In Colorado
#3 of 6
Percentile
60th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Boulder sits 10 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Boulder

  1. T#51 Riverside, CA 62
  2. #53 Jacksonville, FL 61
  3. #54 Boulder, CO — this page 60
  4. T#55 Bakersfield, CA 59
  5. T#55 Gatlinburg, TN 59

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Boulder

Boulder scores 77 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: