Elizabeth · 2022 public safety benchmarks

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Elbert County · Eastern Plains · Pop. 2,957 (2025 estimate); 2022 per-resident figures use 2,280 · Public safety data 2016–2025

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Year

2022 in brief

Elizabeth spent $551 per resident on police in FY2022, 46% above the median of the 71 Colorado municipalities reporting. It had 3.9 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2022, 2.1× its peers. Reported violent crime was 1.3 per 1,000 residents, 46% below the Colorado median, and property crime was 70% below the median.

Violent crime clearance rate (2022) 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

Reporting agency: Elizabeth Police Department (ORI CO0200100) · 12 of 12 months reported.

Spending & staffing

Spending: FY2022, the government's fiscal year (Census). Staffing: 2022, sworn officers on the payroll October 31 (FBI).

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2022
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

$551

100% above peers

Peer median: $276
CO median · 71 with a published figure Median of the 71 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In Census of Governments years the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $377
Position: Higher than 79% of the 71 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Police spending per officer (definition)FY2022
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.

$139.7K

in line with peers

Peer median: $146.1K
CO median · 66 with a published figure Median of the 66 Colorado municipalities with FY2022 Census finance data. In Census of Governments years the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $200.1K
Position: Higher than 15% of the 66 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2022

3.9

2.1× peers

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: 1.9
CO median · 155 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published officers per 1,000 residents for 2022.: 1.9
Position: Higher than 86% of the 155 reporting
5-year change: −0.6 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)2022

1.3

39% below peers

per 1,000 residents

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

Peer median: 2.1
CO median · 121 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime rate for 2022.: 2.4
Position: Higher than 26% of the 121 reporting
5-year change: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Property crime rate (definition)2022

6.1

50% below peers

per 1,000 residents

Peer median: 12.2
CO median · 121 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime rate for 2022.: 20.6
Position: Higher than 13% of the 121 reporting
5-year change: Not enough history for a 5-year change

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2022
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 · 68 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published violent crime clearance rate for 2022.: 50.0%
Position: Not reported for this year
5-year change: Withheld with this year's value

Property crime clearance rate (definition)2022
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.

21.4%

33% above CO median

Peer median: Benchmark unavailable
CO median · 107 with a published figure Median of the Colorado municipalities with a published property crime clearance rate for 2022.: 16.1%
Position: Higher than 66% of the 107 reporting
5-year change: Not enough history for a 5-year change

How this number was calculated

Police spending per resident · $551

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

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

1Metric
$551 Police spending divided by population
= Police spending ÷ population
Full definition: Police spending per resident
2Inputs
Police spending $1.3M ÷ population 2,280 (2022 estimate)
3Census line items
- E62 Police protection, current operations
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2022
  Survey file
  2023
  The 2023 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 is FY2022.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2022
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

Elizabeth 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 2022. How peers are chosen

Elizabeth compared with its peer municipalities: police spending per resident and per-1,000 staffing and crime rates
Municipality	Police spendingper resident · FY2022	Officers per 1,000 residentsper 1,000 · 2022	Violent crimeper 1,000 · 2022	Property crimeper 1,000 · 2022	Violent crime clearance2022
	Fiscal year · Census	Calendar year · FBI via CBI
Elizabeth	$551	3.9	1.3	6.1	Not shown Elizabeth · Violent crime clearance rate · 2022 Reason: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful
Holyoke	$208	1.7	1.3	1.3	Not shown Holyoke · Violent crime clearance rate · 2022 Reason: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful
Brush	$276	1.9	Withheld Brush · Violent crime rate · 2022 Reason: Agency reported 7 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 Brush · Property crime rate · 2022 Reason: Agency reported 7 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 Brush · Violent crime clearance rate · 2022 Reason: Agency reported 7 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)
Rocky Ford	$147	0.8	2.6	12.2	50.0%
Haxtun	$342	3.1	Withheld Haxtun · Violent crime rate · 2022 Reason: Agency reported 11 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 Haxtun · Property crime rate · 2022 Reason: Agency reported 11 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)	Not reported for this year
La Salle	$447	3.0	2.1	21.0	Not shown La Salle · Violent crime clearance rate · 2022 Reason: Fewer than 10 violent crimes reported; a clearance rate would not be meaningful
Peer median	$276	1.9	2.1	12.2	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.

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, the same year as the census definition change. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$258	$153	$272 (179 reporting, sample year)
FY2018	$570	$217	$312 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2019	$323	$218	$330 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2020	$763	$232	$367 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021	$513	$251	$332 (174 reporting, sample year)
FY2022	$551	$276	$377 (71 reporting, sample year)

Officers per 1,000 residents

Calendar year

Peer group changed in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2025. 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	3.4	2.6	2.4 (145 reporting, sample year)
2017	4.6	2.1	2.2 (145 reporting, sample year)
2018	4.6	2.9	2.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
2019	4.8	2.2	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2020	5.3	1.9	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2021	3.5	1.6	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2022	3.9	1.9	1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
2023	4.1	2.1	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2024	3.3	2.1	2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
2025	3.7	2.1	2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)

Violent crime rate

Calendar year

2017 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Peer group changed in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. 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	—	—	—
2017	Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	1.7 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	3.3	0.4	2.1 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	1.2	0.2	2.0 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	0.6	1.2	2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	3.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	1.3	2.1	2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	0.8	1.8	2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	0.0	1.0	2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	0.0	1.0	2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)

Property crime rate

Calendar year

2017 withheld: Agency reported 11 of 12 months

Peer group changed in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. 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	—	—	—
2017	Withheld (Agency reported 11 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	21.6 (129 reporting, sample year)
2018	13.0	11.0	20.2 (126 reporting, sample year)
2019	9.0	3.1	18.3 (130 reporting, sample year)
2020	8.8	5.6	19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	10.5	Benchmark unavailable	20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	6.1	12.2	20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	11.8	11.9	19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	6.5	5.9	15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	6.4	5.0	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 FY2022, the government’s fiscal year; crime, clearances and staffing are calendar year 2022.

Read the public safety methodology

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

Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File · 2023 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2023 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer police employees, 2022 · 2022
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, 2022 (opens in a new tab)
Crime Data Explorer summarized offenses and clearances, 2022 · 2022
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, 2022 (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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Elizabeth · 2022 public safety benchmarks

2022 in brief

Spending & staffing

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2022Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.Close

Police share of spending (definition)FY2022Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.Close

Officers per 1,000 residents (definition)2022

Reported outcomes

Violent crime rate (definition)2022

Property crime rate (definition)2022

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2022A 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)2022A 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

Elizabeth and its peers

Trends

About these numbers

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

Work for Elizabeth?

Police spending per resident (definition)FY2022
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Police share of spending (definition)FY2022
Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Violent crime clearance rate (definition)2022
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)2022
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.