Black Hawk · 2023 public safety benchmarks

Name: Black Hawk, CO public safety benchmarks
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Gilpin County · Central Mountains & Resort · Pop. 120 (2025 estimate); 2023 per-resident figures use 119 · Public safety data 2016–2025

City website (opens in a new tab)

Year

2023 in brief

Black Hawk spent $39,092 per resident on police in FY2021, 117.7× the median of the 174 Colorado municipalities reporting. It had 193.3 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2023. Reported violent crime was 42.0 per 1,000 residents, 16.8× the Colorado median, and property crime was 102.6× the median.

Violent crime clearance rate (2023) not shown: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its source.

Notes: spending is fiscal-year Census data; staffing and crime are calendar-year FBI data via CBI. Dollars are nominal. Definitions: orivian.ai/benchmarks/methodology#public-safety

Compared with

Mt. Crested Butte

The finance peers: nearest on population, household income and region

Reporting agency: Black Hawk Police Department (ORI CO0240200) · 12 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2021, latest available, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2023, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2021, latest available

$39,092

117.7× CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 174 with a published figure Median of the 174 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In Census of Governments years the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $332
Position: Higher than 99% of the 174 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −1.9%/yr

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2021, latest available
Police spending for the fiscal year divided by sworn officers on the payroll as of October 31 of that year. Spending covers civilian staff, equipment and construction as well as officer pay, so this is not a salary figure.

$223.4K

35% above CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 137 with a published figure Median of the 137 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In Census of Governments years the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $166K
Position: Higher than 85% of the 137 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −1.4%/yr

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2023

193.3

83.1× CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 155 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published officers per 1,000 residents for 2023.: 2.3
Position: Higher than 99% of the 155 reporting
5-year change: +2.4 per 1,000

Reported outcomes

Reported crime reflects what is reported to police and how it is recorded, not only how much crime occurs.

Violent crime rate (definition)2023

42.0

16.8× CO median

per 1,000 residents

Based on fewer than 10 reported incidents; small changes move this rate a lot.

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 122 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime rate for 2023.: 2.5
Position: Highest of the 122 reporting
5-year change: +3.8 per 1,000

Property crime rate (definition)2023

2008.4

102.6× CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 122 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime rate for 2023.: 19.6
Position: Highest of the 122 reporting
5-year change: +313.7 per 1,000

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2023
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 76 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime clearance rate for 2023.: 52.7%
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Withheld with this year's value

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2023
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.

35.6%

2.2× CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 111 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime clearance rate for 2023.: 16.0%
Position: Higher than 86% of the 111 reporting
5-year change: −2.7 pts

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident · $39,092

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$39,092 Police spending divided by population
= Police spending ÷ population
Full definition: Police spending per resident
2Inputs
Police spending $4.7M ÷ population 120 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- E62 Police protection, current operations
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021, latest available
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021, latest available
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Black Hawk and its peers

The same five peers as the finance pages. Police spending is per resident for the fiscal year shown; staffing and crime are per 1,000 residents for 2023. How peers are chosen

Black Hawk compared with its peer municipalities: police spending per resident and per-1,000 staffing and crime rates
Municipality	Police spendingper resident · FY2021	Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2023	Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2023	Property crimeper 1,000 · 2023	Violent crime clearance2023
	Fiscal year · Census	Calendar year · FBI via CBI
Black Hawk	$39,092	193.3	42.0	2008.4	Not shown Black Hawk · Violent crime clearance rate · 2023 Reason: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful
Mt. Crested Butte	$1,328	8.3	Withheld Mt. Crested Butte · Violent crime rate · 2023 Reason: Agency reported 10 of 12 months Crime, clearance and staffing figures come from the police agency's reports to CBI and the FBI, not the city's financial statements. A year stays withheld until the agency's FBI record for it is complete or the agency confirms it. FBI Crime Data Explorer (opens in a new tab)	Withheld Mt. Crested Butte · Property crime rate · 2023 Reason: Agency reported 10 of 12 months Crime, clearance and staffing figures come from the police agency's reports to CBI and the FBI, not the city's financial statements. A year stays withheld until the agency's FBI record for it is complete or the agency confirms it. FBI Crime Data Explorer (opens in a new tab)	Withheld Mt. Crested Butte · Violent crime clearance rate · 2023 Reason: Agency reported 10 of 12 months; Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful Crime, clearance and staffing figures come from the police agency's reports to CBI and the FBI, not the city's financial statements. A year stays withheld until the agency's FBI record for it is complete or the agency confirms it. FBI Crime Data Explorer (opens in a new tab)
Peer median	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable	Benchmark unavailable

Trends

Police spending by fiscal year; staffing and crime by calendar year. Lines break where a year is missing or withheld; nothing is interpolated.

This city
Peer median
Withheld (shown on the axis, no value)

Police spending per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

FY2017 withheld: Police spending per resident is 84.1x the peer median
FY2019 withheld: Police spending per resident is 41.1x the peer median
FY2022 withheld: Police spending per resident is 33.4x the peer median
FY2023 withheld: Police spending per resident is 31.7x the peer median

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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$43,086	Benchmark unavailable	$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2017	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 84.1x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$304 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018	$33,557	Benchmark unavailable	$312 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 41.1x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$330 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$36,412	Benchmark unavailable	$367 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$39,092	Benchmark unavailable	$332 (174 reporting, sample year)
FY2022	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 33.4x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$377 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 31.7x the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$428 (91 reporting, sample year)

Officers per 1,000 residents

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Officers per 1,000 residents by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	179.7	Benchmark unavailable	2.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
2017	178.3	3.6	2.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
2018	190.8	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
2019	159.1	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2020	193.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2021	175.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2022	201.7	9.4	1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
2023	193.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2024	193.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
2025	200.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)

Violent crime rate

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Violent crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	62.5	Benchmark unavailable	1.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
2017	31.0	0.9	1.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	38.2	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	60.6	Benchmark unavailable	2.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	58.8	Benchmark unavailable	2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	58.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	67.2	2.3	2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	42.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	134.5	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	91.7	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)

Property crime rate

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Property crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	1554.7	Benchmark unavailable	22.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
2017	1720.9	37.8	21.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	1694.7	Benchmark unavailable	20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	1598.5	Benchmark unavailable	18.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	1252.1	Benchmark unavailable	19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	2700.0	Benchmark unavailable	20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	2613.4	12.7	20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	2008.4	Benchmark unavailable	19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	1949.6	Benchmark unavailable	15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	1541.7	Benchmark unavailable	13.6 (139 reporting, sample year)

About these numbers

The city's own published statistics may differ: CBI counts some offenses once per victim, while many cities count once per case.
Reported crime reflects what is reported to police and how it is recorded, not only how much crime occurs.
Police spending here is FY2021, latest available, the government’s fiscal year; crime, clearances and staffing are calendar year 2023.

Read the public safety methodology

Sources · Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks/public-safety

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File · 2024 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2024 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2021 · 2021
FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS data submitted by Colorado agencies through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation)
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2021 (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2023 · 2023
FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS data submitted by Colorado agencies through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation)
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer summarized offenses and clearances, 2023 · 2023
FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS data submitted by Colorado agencies through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation)
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Crime Data Explorer summarized offenses and clearances, 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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Black Hawk · 2023 public safety benchmarks

2023 in brief

Spending & staffing

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2021, latest available

Police share of spending (definition)FY2023Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.Close

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2021, latest availablePolice spending for the fiscal year divided by sworn officers on the payroll as of October 31 of that year. Spending covers civilian staff, equipment and construction as well as officer pay, so this is not a salary figure.Close

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2023

Reported outcomes

Violent crime rate (definition)2023

Property crime rate (definition)2023

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2023A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.Close

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2023A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.Close

How this number was calculated

Black Hawk and its peers

Trends

About these numbers

Sources · Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks/public-safety

Work for Black Hawk?

Police share of spending (definition)FY2023
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2021, latest available
Police spending for the fiscal year divided by sworn officers on the payroll as of October 31 of that year. Spending covers civilian staff, equipment and construction as well as officer pay, so this is not a salary figure.

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2023
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2023
A clearance rate counts offenses cleared during the year against offenses reported that year. On its own it doesn't measure how effective a department is: clearances can include earlier years' offenses, and agencies record clearances differently.