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Cripple Creek · 2025 public safety benchmarks

Teller County · Pikes Peak · Pop. 1,120 (2025 estimate) · Public safety data 2016–2025

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2025 in brief

Cripple Creek spent $1,151 per resident on police in FY2023, 2.7× the median of the 91 Colorado municipalities reporting. It had 6.3 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2025. Reported violent crime was 0.9 per 1,000 residents, 57% below the Colorado median, and property crime was 2.6× 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 FY2023 finances, the latest available.

Reporting agency: Cripple Creek Police Department (ORI CO0600200) · 12 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2023, latest available, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2025, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2023, latest available

$1,151
3.8× peers
Peer median
$299
CO median · 91 with a published figure
$428
Position
Higher than 92% of the 91 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police share of spending (definition)FY2023, latest available

18.6%
41% above peers
Peer median
13.2%
CO median · 87 with a published figure
12.6%
Position
Higher than 78% of the 87 reporting
5-year change
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2023, latest available

$183.9K
11% below CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 84 with a published figure
$207.3K
Position
Higher than 39% of the 84 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
Not enough history for a 5-year change

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2025

6.3
2.5× CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 143 with a published figure
2.5
Position
Higher than 90% of the 143 reporting
5-year change
−3.3 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

0.9
57% 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
2.1
Position
Higher than 25% of the 139 reporting
5-year change
−5.2 per 1,000

Property crime rate (definition)2025

35.7
2.6× CO median

per 1,000 residents

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 139 with a published figure
13.6
Position
Higher than 89% of the 139 reporting
5-year change
−11.9 per 1,000

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2025

Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 70 with a published figure
53.3%
Position
Not reported for this year
5-year change
Withheld with this year's value

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2025

37.5%
86% above CO median
Peer median
Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 119 with a published figure
20.1%
Position
Higher than 81% of the 119 reporting
5-year change
+12.0 pts

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident · $1,151
Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

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

  1. 1Metric

    $1,151 Police spending divided by population

    = Police spending ÷ population

    Full definition: Police spending per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Police spending $1.3M ÷ population 1,118 (2023 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • E62 Police protection, current operations
    • F62 Police protection, construction

  4. 4Source file

Cripple Creek 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 FY2023 finances, the latest available.

Cripple Creek compared with its peer municipalities: police spending per resident and per-1,000 staffing and crime rates
Fiscal year · CensusCalendar year · FBI via CBI
MunicipalityPolice spendingper resident · FY2023Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2025Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2025Property crimeper 1,000 · 2025Violent crime clearance2025
Cripple Creek$1,1516.30.935.7
La Salle$484Not reported for this year0.98.7
Florence$333Not reported for this year4.917.110.5%
Peer median$299Benchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark unavailableBenchmark 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
FY2023 $1,151. 2 years withheld.$0$575.6$1.2K’16’21’23Peer median FY2023: $299FY2023: $1,151. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2016: withheld — Police spending per resident is 6.4x the peer medianFY2021: withheld — Police spending per resident is 11.1x the peer median

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.

  • FY2016 withheld: Police spending per resident is 6.4x the peer median
  • FY2021 withheld: Police spending per resident is 11.1x the peer median
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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016Withheld (Police spending per resident is 6.4x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2021Withheld (Police spending per resident is 11.1x the peer median)Benchmark unavailable$332 (174 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,151$299$428 (91 reporting, sample year)
Officers per 1,000 residents
2016 14.7 to 2025 6.3.0.07.314.7’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25Peer median 2018: 4.8Peer median 2019: 4.8Peer median 2020: 1.22016: 14.72017: 11.22018: 11.02019: 9.42020: 9.52021: 6.92022: 5.32023: 6.32024: 9.02025: 6.3

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2018, 2021, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
201614.7Benchmark unavailable2.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
201711.2Benchmark unavailable2.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
201811.04.82.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
20199.44.82.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
20209.51.22.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
20216.9Benchmark unavailable2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
20225.3Benchmark unavailable1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
20236.3Benchmark unavailable2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
20249.0Benchmark unavailable2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
20256.3Benchmark unavailable2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)
Violent crime rate
2016 15.5 to 2025 0.9.0.07.715.5’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 15.52017: 4.82018: 14.22019: 4.72020: 6.12021: 6.12022: 0.92023: 0.92024: 0.92025: 0.9

Calendar year

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Violent crime rate by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
201615.5Benchmark unavailable1.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
20174.8Benchmark unavailable1.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
201814.2Benchmark unavailable2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
20194.7Benchmark unavailable2.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
20206.1Benchmark unavailable2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
20216.1Benchmark unavailable2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
20220.9Benchmark unavailable2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
20230.9Benchmark unavailable2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
20240.9Benchmark unavailable2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
20250.9Benchmark unavailable2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)
Property crime rate
2016 62.8 to 2025 35.7.0.035.570.9’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’252016: 62.82017: 70.92018: 58.42019: 50.42020: 47.72021: 51.12022: 51.82023: 27.72024: 36.82025: 35.7

Calendar year

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Property crime rate by calendar year
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
201662.8Benchmark unavailable22.9 (126 reporting, sample year)
201770.9Benchmark unavailable21.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
201858.4Benchmark unavailable20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
201950.4Benchmark unavailable18.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
202047.7Benchmark unavailable19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
202151.1Benchmark unavailable20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
202251.8Benchmark unavailable20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
202327.7Benchmark unavailable19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
202436.8Benchmark unavailable15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
202535.7Benchmark unavailable13.6 (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 FY2023, latest available, 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

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

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