Empire · 2025 public safety benchmarks

Name: Empire, CO public safety benchmarks
Creator: Orivian
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Clear Creek County · Central Mountains & Resort · Pop. 317 (2025 estimate) · Public safety data 2018–2025

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Year

2025 in brief

Empire had 6.3 sworn officers per 1,000 residents in 2025. Reported violent crime was 15.8 per 1,000 residents, 7.6× the Colorado median, and property crime was 54% 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

Reporting agency: Empire Police Department (ORI CO0100300) · 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

6.3

2.6× 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 91% of the 143 reporting
5-year change: +0.4 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)2025

15.8

7.6× 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 98% of the 139 reporting
5-year change: +6.9 per 1,000

Property crime rate (definition)2025

6.3

54% 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 23% of the 139 reporting
5-year change: −29.1 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.

Empire 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

Benchmark unavailable: there is no peer group for 2025.

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

FY2021 withheld: Police spending per resident is 5.0x the peer median

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Police spending per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2021	Withheld (Police spending per resident is 5.0x 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
2018	3.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (152 reporting, sample year)
2019	3.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2020	5.9	Benchmark unavailable	2.2 (153 reporting, sample year)
2021	8.8	Benchmark unavailable	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2022	0.0	Benchmark unavailable	1.9 (155 reporting, sample year)
2023	6.2	Benchmark unavailable	2.3 (155 reporting, sample year)
2024	6.2	Benchmark unavailable	2.4 (155 reporting, sample year)
2025	6.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (143 reporting, sample year)

Violent crime rate

Calendar year

2024 withheld: Agency reported 9 of 12 months

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Violent crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2018	—	—	—
2019	—	—	—
2020	8.8	Benchmark unavailable	2.0 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	2.9	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	9.0	Benchmark unavailable	2.4 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	12.3	Benchmark unavailable	2.5 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	Withheld (Agency reported 9 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	15.8	Benchmark unavailable	2.1 (139 reporting, sample year)

Property crime rate

Calendar year

2024 withheld: Agency reported 9 of 12 months

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Property crime rate by calendar year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
2018	—	—	—
2019	—	—	—
2020	35.4	Benchmark unavailable	19.5 (140 reporting, sample year)
2021	67.8	Benchmark unavailable	20.9 (133 reporting, sample year)
2022	48.0	Benchmark unavailable	20.6 (121 reporting, sample year)
2023	0.0	Benchmark unavailable	19.6 (122 reporting, sample year)
2024	Withheld (Agency reported 9 of 12 months)	Benchmark unavailable	15.9 (135 reporting, sample year)
2025	6.3	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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Empire · 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

Empire and its peers

Trends

About these numbers

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

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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.