Blue River · 2025 public safety benchmarks

Name: Blue River, CO public safety benchmarks
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Summit County · Central Mountains & Resort · Pop. 859 (2025 estimate) · Public safety data 2016–2025

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Year

2025 in brief

Blue River had 4.7 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2025. Reported violent crime was 1.2 per 1,000 residents, 44% below the Colorado median, and property crime was 83% below the median.

Violent crime clearance rate (2025) 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

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

Peers matched on FY2021 finances, the latest available.

Reporting agency: Blue River Police Department (ORI CO0590500) · 12 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2025, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2025, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2025
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2025
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. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer median: Not reported for this year
CO median: Not reported for this year
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Not reported for this year

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2025

4.7

89% above CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 143 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published officers per 1,000 residents for 2025.: 2.5
Position: Higher than 84% of the 143 reporting
5-year change: +0.1 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)2025

1.2

44% below 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 · 139 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime rate for 2025.: 2.1
Position: Higher than 36% of the 139 reporting
5-year change: +1.2 per 1,000

Property crime rate (definition)2025

2.3

83% below 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 · 139 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime rate for 2025.: 13.6
Position: Higher than 5% of the 139 reporting
5-year change: +0.0 per 1,000

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025
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 · 70 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime clearance rate for 2025.: 53.3%
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Withheld with this year's value

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2025
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 · 119 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime clearance rate for 2025.: 20.1%
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Withheld with this year's value

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident ·

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

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

1Metric
— Police spending divided by population
= Police spending ÷ population
Full definition: Police spending per resident
2Inputs
Reported directly; no derived inputs.
3Census line items
No line items recorded.
4Source file
No source recorded.

Blue River 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 2025. How peers are chosen

Peers matched on FY2021 finances, the latest available.

Blue River compared with its peer municipalities: police spending per resident and per-1,000 staffing and crime rates
Municipality	Police spendingper resident · FY2025	Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2025	Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2025	Property crimeper 1,000 · 2025	Violent crime clearance2025
	Fiscal year · Census	Calendar year · FBI via CBI
Blue River	Not reported for this year	4.7	1.2	2.3	Not shown Blue River · Violent crime clearance rate · 2025 Reason: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful
Mt. Crested Butte	Not reported for this year	9.3	1.0	5.2	Not shown Mt. Crested Butte · Violent crime clearance rate · 2025 Reason: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful
Dillon	Not reported for this year	14.6	6.8	26.2	Not shown Dillon · Violent crime clearance rate · 2025 Reason: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful
Peer median	Not reported for this year	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

FY2016 withheld: Police spending per resident is 7% of the peer median
FY2021 withheld: Police spending per resident is 20% of the peer median

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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 7% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 20% of the peer median)	Benchmark unavailable	$332 (174 reporting, sample year)

Officers per 1,000 residents

Calendar year

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Officers per 1,000 residents by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	1.1	Benchmark unavailable	2.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
2017	1.1	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
2018	2.1	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
2019	2.1	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2020	4.6	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2021	3.4	Benchmark unavailable	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2022	0.0	Benchmark unavailable	1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
2023	4.6	Benchmark unavailable	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2024	4.6	Benchmark unavailable	2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
2025	4.7	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)

Violent crime rate

Calendar year

2016 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months
2017 withheld: Agency reported 9 of 12 months
2021 withheld: Agency reported 4 of 12 months
2022 withheld: Agency reported 1 of 12 months

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Violent crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	1.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
2017	Withheld (Agency reported 9 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	1.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	0.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	1.1	Benchmark unavailable	2.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	0.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	Withheld (Agency reported 4 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	Withheld (Agency reported 1 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	—	—	—
2024	0.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	1.2	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)

Property crime rate

Calendar year

2016 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months
2017 withheld: Agency reported 9 of 12 months
2021 withheld: Agency reported 4 of 12 months
2022 withheld: Agency reported 1 of 12 months

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Property crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2016	Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	22.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
2017	Withheld (Agency reported 9 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	21.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	1.1	Benchmark unavailable	20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	1.1	Benchmark unavailable	18.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	2.3	Benchmark unavailable	19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	Withheld (Agency reported 4 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	Withheld (Agency reported 1 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	—	—	—
2024	1.2	Benchmark unavailable	15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	2.3	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 FY2025, the government’s fiscal year; crime, clearances and staffing are calendar year 2025.

Read the public safety methodology

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

Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2025 · 2025
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, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer summarized offenses and clearances, 2025 · 2025
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, 2025 (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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Blue River · 2025 public safety benchmarks

2025 in brief

Spending & staffing

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2025Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.Close

Police share of spending (definition)FY2025Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.Close

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2025

Reported outcomes

Violent crime rate (definition)2025

Property crime rate (definition)2025

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025A 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)2025A 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

Blue River and its peers

Trends

About these numbers

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

Work for Blue River?

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2025
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Police share of spending (definition)FY2025
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025
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)2025
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.